Most gardening activity is indoors now
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, gardeners! We’re in Winter Wonderland mode here. How about you? From everyone here at Robin’s Nest, we hope you have a wonderful holiday season and happy new year! Thank you for 41 great years and counting. Most of your gardening...
Christmas cactus is easy to grow
Christmas cactus blooms in beautiful colors of red, scarlet, pink, purple, orange and white. They can also bloom in bicolor such as pink and white or red and white or cream and pink. The Christmas cactus can also be called a “Crab cactus” because the leaf segments...
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Rocking around the … what?
Make the Holidays Magical with Hearty Meals
Turn Halloween pumpkins into treats for pigs and other critters
Even before the calendar or temperature announces the arrival of fall, a plethora of pumpkins seem to magically appear on every home gardener’s available outdoor space. The seasonal decorative bonanza culminates with Halloween. Come November, much of this pumpkin...
Pumpkins are welcome by wildlife, too
If you don’t live near a farm that’s taking pumpkins for its livestock, there are other ways to recycle your gorgeous gourds. Here are several all-natural ways to recycle them with local wildlife in mind, courtesy of the National Wildlife Federation. 1. Compost Your...
What’s your ‘garden horoscope?’
(Editor’s note: For the uninitiated, becoming a plant parent can feel like an undertaking of cosmic proportions. Not sure which specimens are for you? Let the planets dictate your picks. In honor of the 30th anniversary of the University of Delaware’s Botanic Gardens,...
Comfrey naturally a source of fertilizer
Fertilizers comes in numerous forms and in the category of “green manure” — plants whose biomass puts nutrients back into the soil — there’s Comfrey. Maria Velikonja, a Master Gardener and owner of Carniola Farms in Parsonsburg swears by the plant as a fertility...
