by Rainbow Gardens | Mar 2, 2017 | Butterflies, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Pollinators
I’ve embarked on a new adventure and frankly, it is taking over my life. I went to one seminar, Monarch Tagging and Releasing with Drake White (The Nectar Bar), and took one trip to visit Laura Jarvis’s (our event coordinator) backyard butterfly oasis back...
by Rainbow Gardens | Feb 8, 2017 | Edibles, Organic Compost, Raised Bed Mixes, Soil & Compost
I feel it. Do you feel it? Although there may be a smattering of cold days here and there, the sun is making itself known. I’ve already seen new growth pushing up from the ground on many of my perennials. The birds have an extra little peep in their chirps, and...
by Rainbow Gardens | Nov 14, 2016 | Annuals & Perennials, Flower Bulbs, Seasonal & Gardening Tips, Winter Garden
Every year I see the boxes of amaryllis bulbs lined up at the nursery and every year I tell myself I’m going to grow one in a simple glass cylinder vase. But before I know it, all the bulbs are scooped up by those who don’t procrastinate quite as long as I...
by Rainbow Gardens | Aug 24, 2016 | Edibles, Vegetables
How Long Do I Gotta Wait? It doesn’t really matter which growing season it is, it seems to happen in both. We add our compost, till our soil, buy our seeds and veggies, plant them up and then…….wait. We water faithfully, check to make sure our...
by Rainbow Gardens | Aug 4, 2016 | News & Events
It happens. Every year. The wailing drifts up to the computer office from the downstairs register. The sound is so sorrowful, gut wrenching, and there is not a thing I can do about it. I peek over the railing and see the wide-eyed surprise first, then the confusion,...
