All the News That's Fit to Post about Chelsea, Michigan
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner the Garden Mill We all know that the weather can be fickle in Michigan, especially in March. So, get outside to get some things done when the weather cooperates, and when it doesn’t, there is plenty … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner Garden Mill While we’re dreaming about gardening, we can also be doing some planning and even some indoor gardening. Indoors: This is a great time to make plans for the upcoming gardening season. Start by thinking … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner Garden Mill Even though the year is winding down, there may still be things you can or should do outdoors, weather permitting: In the Garden: There’s still time to plant bulbs in SE Michigan. With expected highs … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner The Garden Mill Isn’t Michigan weather fun?! Last Friday, had you come by the store, you might have seen me out back, painting our new back door. I was lamenting the fact that I was wearing … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner of the Garden Mill It’s definitely hard not to be happy about the weather right now, especially when there is so much still to do in our yards and gardens before it actually does get cold. … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield (Publisher’s note: Part 1 of this column published yesterday.) Flowers, Trees & Shrubs: Our recent storms left a lot of damaged trees in their wake. If your trees were among them, make sure you trim off any … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield Regardless of the crazy weather, September is truly one of my favorite gardening months. It’s a great time for planting perennials, trees, and shrubs. Our cool-weather vegetables get a second season this month and next, and there … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner the Garden Mill (Publisher’s note: Part 1 of this column published yesterday.) In the flower garden: Much like in the veggie garden, keeping insects under control this month is often challenging, though I haven’t seen too … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner the Garden Mill I can’t tell you how much I appreciated the rain we saw last week. We all could have done without the high winds and other extremes that came with the rain (or the … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner the Garden Mill (Publisher’s note: Part one of this column published yesterday.) In the flower garden: Plant summer-blooming bulbs if you haven’t already. This includes dahlias, gladiolus, lilies, begonias and canna lilies. Wait to trim back … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner Garden Mill What the heck, Mother Nature? It is not supposed to be this dry (or hot) in May. My pond is at late-July/early August levels (that is to say, there’s not much water in it … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner the Garden Mill Will somebody please tell Mother Nature that we’ve had enough of this crazy weather? Does she not know that we have things to do in our gardens? The weather will straighten itself out eventually, and … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield April is such a great month for gardeners – we get so hopeful as we start to see plants popping up out of the ground and buds forming on trees, the songs of frogs and birds begin … Read more
(Publisher’s note: Part one of this column published yesterday.) Indoors Have you finished making a plan for your gardens yet? If not, don’t wait. It really does help to have a plan for what you want to grow, so that … Read more