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Tips for the Garden
Plant annual flowers.
Fertilize flowers, trees, and shrubs.
Apply systemic insecticide to prevent Emerald Ash Borer and Japanese Beetle damage.
Remove spent bulb foliage.
Watch for bagworms emerging around Father's Day treat with baccillus thurengensis (BT)if necessary. |
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Potting Made Easy!
Too busy to be the envy of the neighborhood? Let us help. Bring in your containers. We will help you purchase the right combination of plant material, and pot it for FREE! Or buy your containers and plant material from us, and let us do the rest of the work for free.
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| On the Lighter Side |
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What's the difference between boogers and spinach? YOU CAN'T GET YOUR KIDS TO EAT SPINACH! |
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EASTLAND MALL
If you haven't seen our set lately, it has changed again. The spring flowers have been changed out for a more summery look. Also, the Summer Classics furniture that has been at the mall is deeply discounted. Stop by the Garden Center for pricing. |
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Kid Conscious Lawns are looking great!
"My lawn looks the best in the neighborhood and I want to keep it that way. Make sure you put me on your schedule for fertilizing this year."
J.L. Bloomington May 11, 2009
For more information on Grieder's Landscape Maintenance and Kid Conscious Lawn Care call or email Cathy at 662-8527
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Preparing the Pumpkin Patch....
First, we used the sod cutter to remove the grass around the edge of the patch. Then we covered the remaining grass with cardboard and heaped on about 12 inches of topsoil and mushroom compost. Finally, we covered the patch with black plastic to keep weeds from emerging and hasten the soil warming (and grass decomposing)
process. Pumpkins like to be planted in warm soil. We will be planting the pumpkins the last week of May....stay tuned. For more photos visit grieders.com
 
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Yard Smart Walk
June 27th 9:30- 12:30
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The 
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 Father's Day is just around the Corner
Mom, bring your kids in now until Father's Day to purchase a present for Dad, and
register to win a spa package just for YOU! The Spa package includes a micro-abrasion peel and a $50 gift certificate towards Jane Iredale cosmetics.
Serenity Med Spa is providing this package. The Serenity Med Spa is a doctor-owned
and operated spa, and was designed to
provide non-surgical cosmetic procedures along with complete relaxation for their clients. Valued at $175.00 you can't afford to buy Dad's present anywhere else!! |
Grieder Sponsors David Davis Mansion's Annual
Glorious Garden Walk 
June 19, 1-8 pm and June 20, 9 am- 5 pm.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for children ages 7 to 17. Tickets are available at Grieder Garden Center.
For more information you may log onto
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Keeping it Green |
Seaweed, so you don't See Weeds
Seaweed extract is an especially useful product in organic gardening. It contains almost every micro-nutrient in a fully chelated (immediately available) form. Seaweed delivers a healthy dose of natural plant hormones and is also loaded with carbohydrates, which the plants use as a building block. Large populations of beneficial micro-organisms use seaweed as a food source.
Seaweed is a key ingriedent in Kid Conscious Lawn Care fertilizers. We are keeping plants and soil healthy with seaweed so you don't see weeds. For more information contact Cathy at 662-8527 or cwb@grieders.com
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Black Knot may not be DEADLY  Photo right shows galls caused by the fungus on cherry. (provided by Dr. Phil A. Arneson, Cornell University)
Black knot is a fungal disease that really needs no description. The name pretty much says it all. It affects cherry trees of all kinds, though is more prominent on the ornamental types. (Note: Black knot can affect all members of the genus, Prunus. This includes plums, apricots, peaches and flowering almond.)
Black knot infects trees in damp weather when the temperature is between 55-77 degrees. It enters through wounds or by penetrating the bark of twigs.
Trees are most susceptible around bloom time. Symptoms will not be evident until fall, noticeable as swollen, brown areas on branches and twigs. The following spring, these areas will be covered with olive-green fuzz. The patches will elongate over time, harden, then turn black. These "knots" will continue to enlarge until they circle the twig or branch then kill it.
Fungicides may be used for control, but timing is critical, multiple applications are necessary and in most cases ineffective. The best method of control is the use of cultural practices. Ideally one would plant resistant cultivars, though at present these appear scarce. This also does not address what to do if you have an infected tree. In those cases pruning is most effective.
Cuts should be made four to eight inches below any swellings or knots as the disease is present beyond these areas. Any tools used should be sterilized between cuts, using a mix of 1 part bleach to 4 parts water. Pruning should be done late winter to early spring before the disease is active. Infected material must be removed from the site then destroyed, preferably by burning or composting. In addition, dormant oil may be applied before bud break to destroy spore-bearing bodies. Treatment with dormant oil should be done for two years.
As a final note, consider planting a species not as prone to disease and insect problems. Prairiefire crab and redbud come to mind if you prefer pink flowers. If white flowers are your preference, try the white version of redbud, Whitebud, or Fringtree (Chioanthus sp.) or Spring Snow crab.
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"If a tree dies, plant another in its place." Linnaeus.
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Landscape Edging:
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
The main purpose of using landscaping edging is to create a nice crisp line between your landscape beds and turf areas. We look for ways to accomplish this with a product or style that looks nice, is easy to maintain and is economical. The most economical way is simply spading an edge. We use a bed edger or flat spade to create a trench for your mulch to fit into without spilling into the turf areas. There is no physical edging and for this reason it has to be re-edged from time to time. Usually annually. A spaded edge is generally not recommended for use with rock.
The next most popular edging would be poly edging or "Black Diamond". This edging is useful for both rock or mulch and is again very economical. If staked properly it should last for several years. The cheap boxed edging purchased at discount stores are very different and give better quality poly edgings a black eye. In our climate, poly edging actually stays in the ground better than the more expensive steel or aluminum edging.
Currently the most popular style of edging is brick edging which is actually pavers set in mortar. Brick edging is very permanent and durable. You can run your mower over it or run an edger along it if you desire. It comes in a variety of colors. When done properly you don't see the mortar. It is under and behind the pavers. Its only use is to keep the pavers in place. Unlike poured curbing, when the mortar cracks ,and it will, it isn't seen. When using the poured curbing they install control joints where it is supposed to crack. It usually doesn't and becomes very ugly.
Brick paver edging,when
installed right, can eliminate the need for time consuming line trimming.
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