Winter Gardening Archives - Rolling Green Nursery

13 Dec

Houseplant Winter Care

Winter can be stressful for our plants, even indoors. Houseplants can sense the winter season with shorter days and cooler, dry air. Here are a few tips to keep your plants healthy until springtime.

Sunlight Some plants might need to be moved...

08 Mar

The Effects of the Wide Temperature Swings

Everyone we talk to has commented on the temperature fluctuations of this winter. Damage will happen as we get closer to trees budding up and leafing out. Temperatures swinging from 60’s and 70’s for prolonged periods then dipping into the 20’s are the most dangerous....

18 Feb

Who is at Your Feeder?

Did you know that bird watching is the #1 hobby in the USA? I feed suet and nutsie cakes and a nut and berry mix. In March we see 3 kinds of woodpeckers: hairy, downy and red belly, titmice, juncos, cardinals, blue jays, chickadees,...

09 Feb

Do You Have Any of These Early Bloomers in Your Yard?

On February 8th this winter I had snowdrops up and blooming in front of my barn in Portsmouth. At the same time, at Rolling Green, Jelena the Witchhazel was blooming and fragrant over near the perennial mats. Right now the knobby pink flowers of...

Archive for Category: Winter Gardening

Houseplant Winter Care

The Effects of the Wide Temperature Swings

Who is at Your Feeder?

Do You Have Any of These Early Bloomers in Your Yard?