All the News That's Fit to Post about Chelsea, Michigan
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner Garden Mill This year, I am resolving to spend more time in my gardens. While that may seem like an easy New Year’s resolution for me to keep, it’s not as easy as it sounds. There … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner Garden Mill It looks like winter decided it was time to make its appearance, and though the snow is pretty, the abrupt change in temperature isn’t so much. I shouldn’t complain too much though, since it’s … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner Garden Mill Well, as much as I hate to admit it, the gardening season is quickly coming to a close for 2024. With daytime temps not expected to be above 70 after this week, and nighttime … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield How has your garden been growing this year? If some of my conversations with friends and customers are anything to go by, it’s been a great gardening season for most people so far for most everyone. I … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner Garden Mill If, like me, you haven’t quite caught up on your gardening chores, don’t despair – there’s still time. But don’t wait too much longer, as many of our favorite veggies need a long growing … Read more
By Jennifer Fairfield, owner Garden Mill It’s May, and gardening season is finally getting into full swing. I don’t know why it has seemed to take so long to get here – it’s not like we had much of a … Read more
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