Best Way to Increase Soil Microbes and Improve Plant Health

If you’ve spent any time gardening here in the Black Hills, you know it’s a labor of love that requires a certain amount of “grit.” Between our legendary spring snowstorms, the persistent prairie winds, and soil that can range from heavy clay to rocky shale, our plants have to be as tough as the people…

If you’ve lived in this corner of the world for more than a week, you know the old saying: If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes. But even for us seasoned South Dakotans, this winter has been—for lack of a better word—wonky. As I sit here in the nursery office, AKA the living…

I love Mock Oranges. I love the smell… I love the color… just love em. However, they do their own thing, much like other plants in your landscape. I’ll try to remember to get video of the potted mock ranges in my nursery so you can see the differences.