Mar 12, 2020 | Blog
As a general rule, you can almost always get more favorable and productive results when you have a long-term plan for achieving a desired outcome. The same rule applies to garden designs and an annual investment of time and money in plants and flowers. This is...
Sep 11, 2019 | Blog
Welcome to the Autumn of 2019! Cooler days and nights are welcome after the warm and dry summer days. By the way, I hope everyone has enjoyed these weekly posts as much as I have over this past season. It has been my pleasure keeping you up to date with the changes...
Sep 5, 2019 | Blog
It’s official, summer is over. The children are going back to school and the grills are cooling off all over the country. Moving on, let’s have a look at the garden. Here is the well. It is finally in place and provides 65 gallons per minute and is capable...
Aug 29, 2019 | Blog
While it may not be directly related to Smokey’s Gardens the crop dusters around here are having a field day here in Coldwater. (pun intended). It is really kind of amazing what these stunt pilots do. If you haven’t seen them drop at a treeline and spray...
Aug 21, 2019 | Blog
Welcome to the Smokey’s Gardens weekly blog. The goal is to let you see how we operate and show you what is growing around here. The weather feels more like September than the last 10 days of August. It is in the 80’s during most days here recently and as...
Aug 14, 2019 | Blog
Here we are two weeks into August and Michigan weather seems to be exactly what the Daylilies are looking for. While there are some varieties that have lost their last bloom, most of them are still going strong. Suggesting that a Daylily only blooms once is a bit...
Aug 7, 2019 | Blog
Going into the second week of August the weather around here has actually been very pleasant. While it may get into the mid 80’s during the day, the nights may fall as low as the mid 50’s. We finally got some rain on Tuesday for the flowers. I know they...
Aug 1, 2019 | Blog
The end of July is here, can you believe it? August signifies the beginning of the end of summer. Next thing, along comes Labor Day and seals the deal. Our flowers are still looking good but a little more rain wouldn’t hurt. Those of you with children are likely...
Jul 24, 2019 | Blog
Life at Smokey’s Gardens has returned to our normal state. The annual open house is in the past and business is back to usual. We are getting lots of compliments from our customers that are just now trying us out. Many are surprised at how healthy our plants...
Jul 17, 2019 | Blog
Our annual open house this past weekend was well attended and a tremendous success. Young and old alike came to Coldwater to see the Daylilies in bloom. Many took advantage of the one-day special price we had for clumps of Daylilies. You may also notice in the photos...
