Watch as Kaleb  @WyseGuide  adds some instant color to his decorative front flower pots. Kaleb uses Espoma Organic All Purpose Potting Mix when adding new plants to his outdoor containers. When planting, we always recommend adding in some Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starter Plus to help provide the nutrients plants need to thrive in their new location. Featured Products: Where to Buy   The post VIDEO: Planting Spring Flower Pots ?? || Wyse Guide first appeared on Espoma ..read more

Watch as Summer Rayne Oakes  @FlockFingerLakes  shows you how to Plant a Japanese Maple tree in the landscape. Summer is transplanting a Japanese Maple (Acer Palmatum) ‘Cherries Jubilee’. It’s important to use a good starter fertilizer to help reduce transplant shock. Summer uses Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starter Plus to give this new tree the nutrients it needs to become established in the landscape. Featured Products: Where to Buy The post VIDEO: Planting JAPANESE MAPLES ? || Flock Finger Lakes first appeared on Espoma ..read more

Filling raised beds with the perfect soil can get pretty expensive. Kevin Espiritu from @Epicgardening is here to help you do it for cheap using Espoma Organic Raised Bed Mix and a variation of the hugelkultur method While filling raised beds can be expensive, there is a way to fill a garden bed on the cheap. Make use of any existing organic matter on your property (sticks, logs, brush, grass clippings, unfinished compost, etc.) to fill the bottom half of your bed, then fill the remainder with a high-quality soil mix like Espoma Organic Raised Bed Mix. This method is particularly useful when g ..read more

Raised bed gardening is quickly gaining popularity among homeowners who are keen on growing their vegetables and flowers. In this article, we will discuss raised bed gardening, its benefits, designing a garden plot, plant propagation, and other gardening techniques you may find useful. This blog is inspired by Episode 120 of Growing Joy with Maria Podcast, where host Maria Failla interviewed Nicole Burke from Gardenary to get personalized garden coaching, enriched with insightful perspectives on self-care, nature connection, and life overall. Benefits of Raised Beds Raised beds offer several ..read more

Want a Mother’s Day gift that keeps on giving? Consider planting for Mom or anyone special in your life. Or maybe you just like to decorate with hanging plants? Watch Kaleb from @WyseGuide demonstrate how to properly plant your own hanging potted plants. Kaleb uses Espoma Organic Potting Soil Mix and adds some extra nutrients to the soil with Espoma Organic Plant-tone.   ***** Want some other ideas for Mom? Check out these other ideas: Grow A Garden Spa for Mother’s Day DIY Mother’s Day Planter with Garden Answer Mother’s Day Container Garden   Featured Products: Where to Buy   ..read more

Are you adding roses to your garden this season?   Follow along with Laura @Garden Answer as she helps her mom beautify her garden by planting a variety of bare root roses. Laura demonstrates a clear approach to handling bare root roses, from hydrating the roots prior to planting, proper spacing and planting depth as well as the importance of using a good starter fertilizer to help mitigate transplant shock as well as provide the proper nutrients for the plant to mature successfully. Laura uses Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starter Plus to enrich the soil and create an ideal growing enviro ..read more

Are you ready to move your veggie seedlings outdoors? Kaleb Wyse from @WyseGuide recommends planting these 3-4 weeks before your last spring frost. When his seedlings are ready to move out to the garden, Kaleb preps his beds by adding a 1-2 inch layer of compost and also mixing in some @ESPOMAORGANIC Plant-tone or Garden-tone for extra nutrition and organic matter. He recommends planting these seedlings deep enough that they’re sturdy, but make sure their crown is exposed. Follow along in the video below as Kaleb takes you with him in his garden to talk about the benefit of maintaining healthy ..read more

As a beginner gardener, it can be overwhelming to navigate the various factors that can affect the success of your plants. One of the most important aspects to consider is your garden’s hardiness zone, frost dates, and microclimates. This blog is inspired by Episode 118 of Growing Joy with Maria Podcast, where host Maria Failla interviewed Rochelle Greayer of the renowned garden design website Pith & Vigor.   What are Hardiness Zones? Hardiness zones are a way to categorize regions based on average annual extreme minimum temperatures. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA ..read more

Ever wondered what a multi-graft fruit tree is or why you might want one? Or maybe you want to know how to best plant one of these special trees? Let Summer Rayne Oakes from @flockfingerlakes teach all you need to know about multi-grafts and follow along as she plants a special 4-in-1 multi-graft pear tree in their orchard. For those wondering, multi-graft fruit trees are a type of tree that has multiple types of fruit grafted onto one tree. This can be done with different varieties of the same fruit, or with different types of fruits. Typically these trees will produce fruit in 1-3 years. Th ..read more

Do you know the best way to plant tomatoes? Watch as Kaleb Wyse @WyseGuide takes you out to his garden and shows you the best way he knows how to plant and be successful in growing tomato plants. Kaleb uses Espoma Organic Tomato-tone to grow healthy tomato plants in his garden.     Featured Products: Where to Buy The post VIDEO: How to Grow Tomatoes ? with Kaleb Wyse! || Wyse Guide first appeared on Espoma ..read more