Make Compost Tea
Compost tea is a perfect tool to use in your garden, with just two simple ingredients, you can add nutrients to your plants naturally. Compost tea is a fancy phrase for mixing compost and water. The solution that...
Jun 2023 1
Gardening Tips
May 2023 3
Local Farmer’s Tips for Your Garden
I love having a little garden in my backyard to supplement my summer vegetables that I get from the farmers markets and my CSA share. There’s nothing like picking a sun-warmed tomato for a little snack or using...
Oct 2022 1
Get Your Garden Ready For Winter
by Jade Greene As fall arrives, now is the time to get your vegetable and native plant gardens ready for the cold months ahead. Here are some tips to prepare your garden: Tips for vegetable gardens: Remove dying...
Jun 2022 22
Supporting Pollinators: DIY Bee Hotel
Many important pollinators are solitary native bees and like to live or rest in already existing holes (ie, they do not damage your property and drill holes). These pollinators are crucial for food crops and native...
Jun 2022 1
Planting for Pollinators
Written by Sara Wuerstle Globally, pollinators are in decline. But why should we care about the birds and the bees and the bats? Bats? Yes, bats. We often think of honey bees when we hear the word ‘pollinator.’ But...
May 2022 1
Jump Start Your Garden
It’s that time of year again when my excitement to start my garden is met by reality. I don’t know about you but every spring, once those sunny days arrive and first flowers start to bloom, I am itching to start my...
Nov 2021 4
Leave Your Leaves
article by Kirstyn Gudknecht This fall, we’d like to take one big chore off your to-do list. That’s right, no more raking leaves! Our habit of cleaning up our lawns has proven to be detrimental to our ecosystems in...
Oct 2020 6
Gardening is for the Birds!
Hold off on that fall cleanup of your garden. The seed heads of many of those perennials and wild plants will help sustain our bird friends through the winter so they can help our farmers with the insect pests in...
Apr 2020 13
Garden Centers Offering Curbside Pick-Up
Keep gardening safely with curbside pick-up and delivery options from your favorite garden centers! Shady Brook Farm Address: 931 Stony Hill Road, Yardley, PA 19067 Phone: 215-968-1670 Online Order form: Click...
Jun 2019 20
Gardening can help older adults Improve their Physical and Mental Health
On average retirees between ages 65 and 74 have seven to eight hours of leisure time, according to data from the American Time Use Survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. You spend your working years...
Jun 2019 17
Garden Tips: Summer Weeds
It's summertime in the garden! Weeds love it now as much as your preferred vegetables do, so here is an easy tip to control weeds. Do the best you can to knock weeds back using a stirrup hoe or sharp knife at ground...
