by Happy Gardener | Mar 14, 2019 | Fall Garden, Garden By Season, Garden Planning, Garden Tips, Gardening Basics, Spring Garden
If you haven’t already read our info on planning and prepping for annual beds, check out the link with info on that first, then come back and read this blog. Nothing good comes from buying a whole bunch of annuals at the nursery, only to have them sit, dry out, and...
by Happy Gardener | Mar 8, 2019 | Fall Garden, Garden By Season, Garden Planning, Garden Tips, Gardening Basics, Spring Garden, Summer Garden, Winter Garden
Planning and prepping for annual garden beds is best for success. If you don’t plan and prep, you might find yourself at Rainbow Gardens having a hard time resisting our huge selection of colorful annuals, and that can get you in trouble if you don’t have...
by Happy Gardener | Mar 4, 2019 | Fall Garden, Garden By Season, Garden Planning, Garden Tips, Gardening Basics, News & Events, Spring Garden
Vegetables require certain necessities in order to be grown successfully. If you offer vegetables what they need, you’ll be able to enjoy a great harvest of top quality harvest. Let’s take a look at what you need to provide in order to grow vegetables successfully. 6...
by Happy Gardener | Feb 12, 2019 | Fall Garden, Garden By Season, Garden Planning, Garden Tips, Gardening Basics, Spring Garden
In San Antonio, weather rules when and how tomatoes grow. These frost-sensitive fruits need to be well protected from cold snaps both in early spring and again in late fall. The ideal growing temperature for tomatoes is when the soil has warmed above 50 and the air is...
by Rainbow Gardens | Feb 1, 2019 | Composting, Garden Planning, Garden Tips, Gardening Basics, Troubleshooting
Most people here in San Antonio, aren’t all too thrilled with their soil. Most of us have alkaline soil. And to plant straight into alkaline soil without amending it is not the best option for most plants (most natives and some others excluded). So what’s a...
by Happy Gardener | Jan 3, 2019 | Fall Garden, Garden Tips, Gardening Basics, Spring Garden, Summer Garden
One of the biggest questions customers have when are purchasing plants is, “How do I water them?” The answer is complicatedly simple. You water plants when they need it. No more and no less. See? Simple but complicated. The thing is, there is no true formula for...
