The Green Scene Blog

I feel that I have shirked some of my responsibilities by failing to write a new post in such a long time. For that I apologize. Not that there are multitudes eagerly awaiting to take in every entry. There are however, co-workers who encouraged me to take up blogging as a general outreach to our customers and as an opportunity to contribute to marketing, branding or otherwise promoting our company. ~READ MORE~

“Grow where you’re planted”. This quote, attributed to Earl Nightingale, is great advice for encouraging people to make the most of their current circumstances and opportunities, but it loses some credibility when applied to horticulture. Now that spring has finally arrived many homeowners will want to plant flowers or install trees and shrubs on their properties. Perhaps there is no better predictor of long term success for a plant or a group of plants than the location in which they are installed. The factors most important to consider are light requirements, cold hardiness, soil moisture requirements, exposure to drying winds, and space requirements. It does little good to plant a shade loving plant such as a dogwood tree in a sunny, open expanse of lawn.  ~Read more...

One thing we deal with in our line of work is the fact that weather conditions have a direct impact on our ability to serve our customers.  At the time of this writing we have received close to 20 inches of snow during three major winter storms beginning with the Christmas Eve blizzard and most recently the snow storm that hit us in the final week of January.  As a result we find ourselves somewhat behind schedule in our field work....  READ MORE