Fresh Cut Christmas Trees

Fresh Cut Christmas Trees

Choosing and decorating a Christmas tree is one of the most festive activities of the holiday season. Take the worry and guessing out of selecting and caring for your fresh cut Christmas tree by following these simple steps. Before heading out to find that perfect...
Garden Tips

Garden Tips

Spring Pruning 101 Most woody plants require periodic pruning to keep the plants healthy and vigorous. Clematis There are 2 types of clematis, spring blooming and summer blooming. If your clematis blooms in early spring, then the buds set the previous season on old...
Lawn Maintenance

Lawn Maintenance

Fertilizer: A nice thick lawn needs fertilizer and a four 4 step fertilizing program is best for lawn care. The two most important steps are in the spring and fall. Spring fertilizing greens up the grass and kick starts the lawn. Fall fertilizing prepares the grass...
Little Packages

Little Packages

My wife loves little packages but this year’s little package topped every other little package that she has ever received in her life.  This past year we were blessed with our first grandchild, Charlotte. I personally forgot how precious and extraordinary the little...
Pahl Farms: Six Generations Strong

Pahl Farms: Six Generations Strong

(Pahl Farms 2020 CSA season enrollment begins January 2nd!) Dating back to the early 1900’s, Frank Pahl started Pahl Farms. His son, John, moved the operation down to the river bottoms in Bloomington after helping construct the Long Meadow Bridge (aka the old...