Valentine's Day is THIS WEEK! Bauer's Can Help You Get Ready... We've chosen some stunning arrangements for your special someone this Valentine's! Start the night off right with an eye-grabbing bouquet filled with lilies, a simple arrangement, or a timeless array of roses. Or surprise your sweetheart and have something delivered during the day to [...]
Watering Plants While Away A week's vacation at the beach might be a welcome break for you, but the absence of a doting gardener can wreak havoc on your indoor and outdoor plants. Here are some tools, tips and techniques that will help plants thrive while you're away, so you can come home from your [...]
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” - Audrey Hepburn Most of our kids seem to be drawn to the dirt like it is a magnet. We can’t keep them out of it, and why should we? Even as adults, most of us find something special out in our gardens with some dirt [...]
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” - Sun Tzu (The Art of War) Aphids rank right up there with mosquitoes as the most hated local insects. They might not be as destructive as some other pests that we can face on occasion, [...]
“Knowledge is power.” - Sir Francis Bacon Surviving a Minnesota winter isn’t easy, and we often spend most of it bundled up indoors. We shield ourselves with warm fires and central heating, encased in a tropical bubble so unlike what is going on outdoors. As cozy as we are with the help of modern [...]
“Working together is success.” - Henry Ford Your container is it’s own enclosed world. All the plants living in it have to share space and resources with each other, and it is impossible to make more room. Your unassuming flowers are each working hard to get as much sunlight, water, nutrients, and space as [...]
“To be able to walk out the door when you come home from a job and wander into the garden to do a bit of watering gives you time to be creative in your mind.” - Mary Berry We’re lucky to live in an area where water comes right out of the tap. It’s just [...]
"So fair, so cold; like a morning of pale spring still clinging to winter's chill." - J. R. R. Tolkien It’s spring and many of us are eager to get outside and work in our gardens! The nights are still chilly and the occasional day is a little cold for some warm season favorites, [...]
"The earth laughs in flowers" - Ralph Waldo Emerson Gardening is both constant and constantly changing. The rules of how to keep our beloved plants alive are steady year to year, but with constantly revolving seasons, we also have changes in gardening trends. Container gardening is the ideal way to explore new gardening trends [...]
