Terry Skillin very recently appeared on a segment of “207″ at WCSH 6. Here is a link to the video. Great stuff: http://www.wcsh6.com/video/default.aspx?aid=58267#/Container+gardening+with+Skillins+Greenhouses/76793981001 Mike Skillin Skillin’s Greenhouses April 9, 2010 See the original post: Terry Skillin on WCSH 6 "207" talking Container Gardening!

Good gardening friend Paul Parent of the Paul Parent Garden Club ( http://www.paulparent.com/ ) sends out a great newsletter every week with pertinent gardening topics. I encourage you to go to his website to sign up for his newsletter. Paul can also be heard every Sunday morning from 6 AM to 10 AM at his website or at WBACH (104.7 FM) every Sunday morning from 6 AM to 9 AM. Paul recently sent this...

Hello again, Tim Bate our Nursery Buyer and Manager has compiled what I think is a rather exciting list of new nursery shrubs and trees for 2010. We are breaking it into parts and will bring you the separate parts over the next few days. Click HERE for Part 1 of New Nursery Plants for Skillin’s 2010! And click HERE for Part 2 of New Nursery Plants for Skillin’s 2010! A designation of “#2″...

Hello again, Following are some steps any of us can take to help ensure a good quality lawn as part of your home and garden. We believe in natural solutions to lawn care as we do for all gardening. Natural solutions are best for our planet, our homes and our gardens. Lawn care is relatively easy to do and does not cost a great deal of time and money. Let us go over some steps through the year that...

Hello again, I found these helpful garden tips at http://awaytogarden.com/my-april-2010-garden-chores . I thought about changing the title from “chores” to “tasks” or “to-do’s” as a way of saying these activities are certainly useful and fun! I think the subject matter is “right on” but I will let you be the judge of that! The advice given is based...

Good gardening friend Paul Parent of the Paul Parent Garden Club ( http://www.paulparent.com/ ) sends out a great newsletter every week with pertinent gardening topics. I encourage you to go to his website to sign up for his newsletter. Paul can also be heard every Sunday morning from 6 AM to 10 AM at his website or at WBACH (104.7 FM) every Sunday morning from 6 AM to 9 AM. Paul recently sent this...

Hello again, Tim Bate our Nursery Buyer and Manager has compiled what I think is a rather exciting list of new nursery shrubs and trees for 2010. We are breaking it into parts and will bring you the separate parts over the next few days. Click HERE  for Part 1 of New Nursery Plants for Skillin’s 2010! A designation of “#2″ means a 2 gallon pot; #3 is a 3 gallon pot and so forth....

Hello again, Wendi Allen of Skillin’s Cumberland recently finished leading a Four Part Elements of Floral Design class at Skillin’s Cumberland. With Wendi’s able leadership we hope to have more such classes! (I know we have had many requests!). Above is the “final pose” from the class participants and Wendi. What great work! Thanks to everyone! Great ability like...

Hello again, I came across this article at MuddyFingernail, one of many sites we follow at www.twitter.com/skillins . MuddyFingernail is often a great place to find easy to read and follow articles about gardening. This one fits the bill and is called Easy Steps to Building a Vegetable Garden . The writer is Natasha Gibson. I have included a few comments in italics . Thankfully Spring is finally upon...

What do the letters and numbers mean on a fertilizer bag? Why is it important? These and many more questions are asked of us all the time. Let KCB explain it: Fertilizer: with an NPK of 5-3-4 What do the letters mean? 1st letter = N for Nitrogen 2nd letter = P for Phosphorus 3rd letter = K for Potassium What do the numbers mean? The % by weight of the element in the mixture. A 10 pound bag of fertilizer...