Be Inspired Blog

This Arbor Day, Give the Gift that Lasts a Lifetime!

Stop by SummerWinds Today, to See Our Selection of Trees: Trees for Shade - Birch trees, Maple trees, Oak trees, Sycamore trees... Specimen or Ornamental Trees - Pistache trees, Japanese Maple trees... Flowering Trees - Dogwood trees, Flowering Cherry trees, [...]

Organic vs. Conventional Gardening

Organic gardening refers to the way we grow agricultural products. Growing plants organically means that the methods used encourage soil and water conservation and reduce pollution of the air, soil and groundwater. Organic gardening doesn't use conventional methods to fertilize or [...]

Solve Pest Problems Using Integrated Pest Management

Integrated Pest Management - IPM is a process you can use to solve pest problems while minimizing risks to people and the environment. The IPM method is the process of monitoring and correctly identifying pests and unwanted plants followed by determining [...]

Soil Preparation for Spring

There’s no time like the present to prepare your garden for spring. At SummerWinds, we want to make sure you’re ready for whatever gets your garden going! Even if you’re still not sure what you want to plant yet, you can get your garden space ready. Tilling—or turning—the soil is [...]

Houseplants Add Color, Texture and Life to Your Home

The benefits to caring for these green creatures are many: In grade-school science, we learned that plants do the opposite of humans; they absorb carbon dioxide—the very thing we exhale—and in turn release oxygen! This makes plants and people great partners when it comes to gasses [...]