http://www.niemannsgardens.com Color your world Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:44:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Final lawn feeding for the year: Labor Day. Labor day hours--9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Want that luscious green to be back next year? Then be sure to feed your lawn one more time. We recommend four feedings each spring/summer, and holidays make it easy to remember: Easter, Memorial Day, 4th ... http://www.niemannsgardens.com/537/ Have you ever found yourself walking along beside your home and thinking you should really plant a flower bed by the steps or underneath the window, but you don't know the first thing to do to get started? Well, read on, my gardening friend... 1.  Take a picture ... http://www.niemannsgardens.com/7-easy-steps-to-landscaping-success/ *One Gallon Sale* all one gallon size items are buy three, get one FREE. Sale includes perennials like Shasta daisy, penstemon, clematis, dianthus, and peonies, plus small fruit bushes  like raspberries and grapes, grasses, shrubs like Potentillas and Russian sage and evergreens! (Free item of equal or ... http://www.niemannsgardens.com/529/ Come by Niemann's today and take some pictures for our photo gallery. Remember, every day of our photo safari event we are giving away one hanging basket--so stop in a register today! Photo gallery http://www.niemannsgardens.com/photo-safari-event-photo-gallery/   Bring your kids and camera and come to Niemann's for a photo safari!       Wednesday, July 22 through Saturday the 31st, you're invited to come and take pictures in our gorgeous garden center during our photo safari event!        Send us your best shots each day and we will feature them on our website ... http://www.niemannsgardens.com/473/ Grasshoppers and Bugs? No problem. Protect your garden and flowers from pests with a variety of products from Niemann's Gardens. Nolo Bait--organically and selectively sterilizes and kills grasshoppers only. PET-SAFE. Create a bait trap using a tin can in your garden to entice grasshoppers to munch bait rather than veggies.   Don't Bug ... http://www.niemannsgardens.com/grasshopper-stoppers/ Hydroponics—sounds futuristic, but it’s really quite an old method of gardening. Hydroponic gardening involves growing plants in water instead of soil. This method has been around since Bible times—ever heard of the hanging gardens of Babylon? Those clever Babylonians discovered that their flowers and veggies grew faster if they ... http://www.niemannsgardens.com/326/ Feed your plants                    Do you like to eat? Well, your plants do, too. Proper use of fertilizers is an essential part of summertime growing, especially in this part of the country. In our region, to achieve best results from the soil, you’ve got to add nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium—the three things ... http://www.niemannsgardens.com/gardeners-tip-of-the-month-feed-your-plants/