This week is designated as pollinator week where we bring awareness to and celebrate the efforts of these very important pollinators. You may be surprised however to find out who the top four pollinators are by significance. "Research has shown that the vast majority...
June is Pollinator Month
June 17th-23rd is Pollinator Week, but the celebration goes on all month long! Support our pollinators by planting a pollinator-friendly yard or garden. Burger Farm has many annual and perennial "pollinator favorites" to plant in your empty space. Learn more about the...
Protect your plants from freezing night time temperatures
Protect your plants from freezing night time temperatures It doesn’t seem fair that Mother Nature blesses us with a few 70 degree, sunny days that wake up our “sleeping beauty” flowering trees and shrubs and then sends us nighttime temperatures below freezing for two...
Get your garden started now!
While the days are cold and dreary and maybe even a little snow on the ground; now is actually the time to start thinking about starting your own garden vegetable plants indoors from seed. Many vegetables have suggested indoor seed starting dates in the date range...
Fall Garden Planting
For the last few weeks, you've been (hopefully) enjoying some wonderful harvests from your summer vegetable, flower and herb gardens. You've been watching your tomatoes grow to the perfect size and the perfect shade of red or yellow, you're about to have more...
Don’t forget your medicine
Most of us know by now how beneficial gardening, plants and growing your own food can be. First and foremost are the improvements to your mental and physical health. Improving environmental conditions, benefits to the economy (local and at large,) and strengthening...
Squash (the) Vine Borer
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cabbage worms, and squash vine borers. No, that's not how the old nursery rhyme goes, but it's how some of our gardens are. It's no wonder that while we are excited to reap the benefits of...
Oh, deer….
Picture it, 2020, Cincinnati, (not Sicily 😉 ) you're in your garden...it survived the post Mother's Day frost, it's surviving COVID-19, and therefore, it's *probably*surviving you obsessively checking each sprout, bud, new leaf or growth every day, multiple times a...
What to do with late season frost damage
It's *almost* hard to believe we're still contending with frost warnings around and AFTER Mother's Day, but then we remember: we're in Cincinnati, it's 2020, we're in the middle of a global pandemic, and just about anything seems possible. It does seem like we're in...
Grow Your Own- cold hardy seeds to plant now, or start inside
So far, 2020 has been a year like most of us haven't experienced in our lifetimes. The rapid spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus, and concerns over how long it may linger, and how far the ripple effects will reach with restaurants, schools, and other businesses being under...
Spring is marching in: Pansies, trees & shrub prep, pest plans
With the official arrival of spring, we've had a lot of happy goings on at the Farm this week. Pansies, fruit & edible trees, deciduous trees, shrubs, seed potatoes, onion sets, garlic & horseradish have all arrived and are ready for you to pick up! The clocks...
Get Your Garden On!
Want to start a veggie or herb garden, but get stuck in the planning stage? You buy the seeds, the soil, the peat pots, the outdoor (or indoor) containers, the lumber or raised bed kits, the fencing to keep the critters away, the tools, then what? We know...
National Garden Bureau’s 2020 Annual of the Year
And the winner is: Lantana Lantana has a rich history of being utilized in the garden for long-lasting, colorful blooms, superior heat tolerance and the ability to attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Featuring clusters of bright colors, solid as well as...
Zoo’s Best Plants for Pollinators!
After more than 25 years of trialing plants, The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden knows which plants grow and look best in our region. By focusing that list to the plants that benefit pollinators the most, they have created the Zoo’s Best Plants for Pollinators...
Spring Time Pruning
How and When to Prune Which Plants BY MARIE IANNOTTI Updated 11/27/17 Chris Clinton/Digital Vision/Getty Images Most plants benefit from some sort of regular pruning and maintenance. It keeps them healthy and encourages fresh, new growth. The trick is in knowing when...