Seed Starters
Gardening Tips

Seed Starting Tips from your Local NJ Garden Center

When the possibilities of a freeze last into late-April, which kills young seedlings, it is better to start seeds indoors (or in a greenhouse), so they’re more mature when transplanted after the last frost. If you are new to the homegrown vegetable scene, we welcome you. Your household will derive great joy watching seeds sprout, grow, transplant, and then flourish – yielding delicious vegetables through the late summer and fall. The following are some pro tips from your local NJ Garden Center to get you started.

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Gardening Tips

Garden Center in Morris, New Jersey Has Everything For the Homestead

Garden enthusiasts in Morris, New Jersey are in luck. Our family-owned, community-oriented, premium garden center is located right in your home township. Whether you run a full-blown farm, a micro-homestead, or simply enjoy the benefits of a well-landscaped yard, our garden center in Morris, New Jersey has everything you need. Unlike corporate “Big Box” stores, our family-owned and operated garden centers take a personalized approach with our products and customer service. We love getting to know our customers. And, after 60+ years in business, we now take pride in serving our original customers’ children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren as they continue the tradition of gardening, growing, enjoying nature, and making our world a more beautiful place.

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Fall

Everyone Needs a Favorite Garden Center in New Jersey!

There are a few good reasons why every home (or homestead!) owner needs a favorite garden center in New Jersey. By and large, it’s just nice to have a familiar place to go, where you know your way around, and where you enjoy professional farm/garden services and camaraderie from a team of people who feel like friends.

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basket of fall vegetables
Fall

Seasonal Home Gardening: Fall and Winter Vegetable Growth Guide

There are some definite advantages to growing fall and winter vegetables apart from the fact that they can provide you with a year-round supply of healthy, nutritional foods. During the off-season, pests are not nearly as prevalent as they are during spring and summer. You also won’t have to fight so hard to keep weeds out of your garden, because they are in decline through the fall and winter.  

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Gardening Tips

How to Move Your Indoor Plants Outside

As we move from winter into spring, you might want to consider moving your indoor plants outdoors to give them some sunlight and fresh air. Read this blog post for some advice from a Hunterdon NJ gardeners’ supply store on the best ways to bring indoor plants outside.

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Fruit Trees

Home Orcharding in Suburban Somerset New Jersey? Really?

You don’t need a vast expanse of land to grow your own fruit. When you visit our Somerset, NJ garden center, you’ll find heirloom fruits and berries designed for home growing. They come to us courtesy of our suppliers at Hollybrook Orchards, a longtime proponent of home orcharding.

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Woman in her autumn garden planting fall vegetables
Fall

Cool as a Not A Cucumber: Plant these Nine Fall Veggies

Summer may be at an end, but that doesn’t mean the gardening season has to end with it. The ground is still warm, the weather is still mild and there aren’t as many insects to deal with. Here at our Mendham, NJ gardener’s supply store, we’re getting plenty of questions from customers on how to tackle the autumn growing season.

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A plant being put in topsoil to grow
Gardening Tips

The Downside: Components of Healthy Topsoil

Soil is a mixture of sand, silt and clay. Sand particles are largest. Silt is smaller and clay particles are the smallest.  Topsoil is different from sub soil in that it also contains organic matter built up over years of decaying animals and plants.

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