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Labor Day Weekend
Well it is Labor Day Weekend again here in the United States. One last blast before summer ends. Normally I would be spending this weekend at the woodland garden but alas not this year. I have not spent a whole lot of time recently at the woodland...
Free Garden Classified Section
We are happy to announce or new Garden Classified Section. This a brand new Free Service here at Glenns Garden. This is a free classified section for anything garden related. Buy or sell seeds, Sell your plants, Sell your tools, if you have free ...
Fall Bulb Planting Primer
Here it is the middle of summer and I am writing about fall bulb planting! Well really it is not to early to start thinking about planting bulbs for next springs garden. Most of the major bulb companies have already sent out their Fall Bulb Catalo...
More About The Purple Robe Black Locust
A while back I wrote about the Purple Robe Black Locust trees we had planted and how I thought that they were pretty great trees at first but as of late was having serious doubts about them after I noticed they did not hold up very well in storms....
Home Insurance Is It Important
The other night we experienced some sever storms here in the chicagoland area. Over a hundred homes were damaged right around where I live. This got me to thinking about home owners insurance and how important it is. I started to look around at di...
A Victim Of My Own Success
Yesterday some one asked if I would be going to the Woodland Garden for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. I told them no and they commented that it seems like you do not go out there very much anymore. I just said that I have been too busy, as I...
Now Scheduling Pond Installations
We are now scheduling Pond Installations In the Chicagoland area ! For More Information Please Visit Glenns Garden Landscape Services A Beautiful Backyard Pond And Waterfall Can Enhance Your Property And Your Attitude Almost Like Magic!
Fall Vegetable Gardening
Many gardeners do not even consider fall gardening because of the winter frosts that might make an early appearance. On the contrary, fall gardening will result in excellent vegetables and will extend crops long after spring planted plants are fi...
Pond Installations
We are now scheduling Pond Installations In the Chicagoland area ! For More Information Please Visit Glenns Garden Landscape Services
Landscape Lighting
Landscape lighting is an often overlooked element when planning your garden. A lot of the time the first thing that comes to mind is the Malibu lights that are on every home improvement store and hardware store in America’s shelves. There is...
Working In The Heat At The Urban Garden
Well the summer certainly has turned up the heat here at the urban garden. The temperature has been hitting the upper 80’s and this weekend the 90’s. These are the days I really appreciate the 5am to 1pm shift we work. When the tempera...
Lawn Renovation 101
Heat, drought, disease, insects and mechanical damage lawns do take a beating! Today I would like to give you a quick lesson in repairing the lawn and making it that lush green carpet that you love to walk bare foot through. As I live and work in ...
Trudging Towards The End Of Summer
Well here we are at the end of July. I know that a lot of people think of Labor Day as the traditional end of summer. It is not but because of all the social activities and kids returning to school in certainly feels that way sometimes. I like the...
The Best Laid Plans
Well I had hoped that I would be spending this weekend at the woodland garden but as often is the case fate stepped in and ruined the party. I have come down with a flu bug or something so I have been sleeping most of the weekend. I will try to ge...
Taking A Break
Every summer I wish I had more time to spend doing things I wanted instead of the usual rush to get things done. I try to work on my projects, keep up the blog, run Glenns Garden Landscape Services, and manage all the daily tasks at the Urban Gard...
Water Gardens A Wonderful Way To Unwind
Water gardens are a wonderful way to unwind at the end of the day. The soothing sounds of a waterfall seem to help block out a lot of noise and clutter that has been bombarding you all day. Once you are sitting by your pond or water feature and th...
Somethings Turn Out Right Others Even Better
Sometimes things you plain turn out right sometimes they turn out even better. This combination of Annabelle Hydrangeas and Asiatic lilies are certainly one of them. A great site in Our Serenity Garden ! They colors explode out from the Hydrange...
Summer Officially Arrives This Weekend
Summer officially arrives this weekend. In the garden there are a lot of things in bloom the Asiatic lilies are about to burst out of their buds in to full glory as well as the daylilies popping color everywhere. Everything is so nice and green an...
Finding A Good Contractor
Finding a good contractor is not always the easiest thing to do. I always thought that it would be a great thing if you could just call one company and find a contractor no matter what the trade. Let me clarify that a competent and qualified contr...
Another Week At The Urban Garden About To Begin
Well it is the beginning of a new week at the urban garden. This week we are working on the planting beds in the west parking lots. We are pruning off the suckers on the trees and mulching all the beds. Due to a very hard winter we are also gett...
Is A Spa Right For You
Mention a spa or hot tub and a lot of people start to think about a luxury resort. The truth of the matter is that a lot of people benefit from having their own spa right at home. I have been recently thinking about purchasing a spa because at the...
The Vegetable Garden Off To A Good Start
Vegetable Garden off to a good start and the weather has been cooperating as well. I stopped by to check on it last night and everything seems to be getting well established. It has rained a lot the last couple of days so the mulch is not down but...
Urban Garden Update
The urban garden is starting to come along fine . After the theft of most of the lawn equipment it was decided to hire a mowing contractor for the year to do the weekly mowing work. This has it’s good and bad points. Decidedly when ever some...
Getting Them In The Ground
I was hoping to post some pictures of the new vegetable garden but due to cable company I can not use my desktop right now and so can not upload the pictures. The garden was all tilled and I was just putting up the fence when it started to rain....
Developing A Vegetable Garden
A vegetable garden is a very interesting hobby and also a great way to get some exercise and stretch the family food budget ! I have grown vegetables off and on for many years. It has been some time since I have had a real full blown vegetables ga...
Great Things Happening With The Landscape Services
I know these posts are far and few in between as of late but it has become almost crazy as far as time management goes. This year the Landscape Maintenance Services as really taken off. We have been very busy with pond work this spring and have pu...
Blood Sweat And Tears
No I am not talking about David Clayton-Thomas and the boys from that great band. I am talking about the ingredients in a good garden. It may seem funny to speak about such an enjoyable past time this way but I believe [...]
Bad Day At The Urban Garden
Yesterday was a very bad day at the urban garden. When I went out to the landscape yard where we store most of our grounds equipment I discovered that overnight someone had cut the fence and burglarized the storage container that held most of our...
Spring Cleaning Your Ponds
This is the time to clean your ponds and get them ready for summer. I highly recommend that you get this task out of the way early. We always clean our clients ponds between April 1st and May 30th while the water temperature is still cool. This a...
Get Ready Get Set Grow
Mothers day is the unofficial start for most summer gardens here in the Chicago area. Everyone is chomping at the bit wanting to get there vegetables plants and summer annuals in the ground. Most cool season vegetables have already been planted or...
May Planting Time
This coming Sunday will be Mothers Day. This is the time when most of our plant nurseries are going nuts with hundreds of people getting their annual flowers and vegetable plants for the summer garden . Everyone is in a rush. And it is usually a ...
May In Chicago
Yesterday was the first day of May in Chicago. It was a beautiful sunny spring day and was just perfect for working in the garden. We finished the first mowing of the year and got some more of the Spring cleaning done. The turf grass over seeding ...
Spring Planting At The Urban Garden
The weather has finally broken and started pushing us to get a move on at the urban garden. Warm temperatures and some rain will mean a good chance we will be mowing next week. Yesterday the irrigation contractor came out and charged the 6 systems...
Spring Planting At The Urban Garden
The weather has finally broken and started pushing us to get a move on at the urban garden. Warm temperatures and some rain will mean a good chance we will be mowing next week. Yesterday the irrigation contractor came out and charged the 6 systems...
Spring Is Starting To Swing
Well a drop or two of warm weather and the phone stats to ring! The warm weather has gotten a lot of people out this week and those that have ponds seem to have been thinking Hey!!!!call this guy to see about a Spring Pond Cleaning. I did open my...
Spring Is Starting To Swing
Well a drop or two of warm weather and the phone stats to ring! The warm weather has gotten a lot of people out this week and those that have ponds seem to have been thinking Hey!!!!call this guy to see about a Spring Pond Cleaning. I did open my...
Watching The Weather And Running Like Crazy
This week we will be running like crazy here at the Urban Garden. The weatherman has promised good weather all week and we need to take advantage of every minute we can. While I am not sure that we will be finished catching up by the end of the we...
Watching The Weather And Running Like Crazy
This week we will be running like crazy here at the Urban Garden. The weatherman has promised good weather all week and we need to take advantage of every minute we can. While I am not sure that we will be finished catching up by the end of the we...
The List Wheres The List?
As you know I am a big proponent of making lists. That is one sure fire way to frustrate yourself to death. The more you look at the list the larger and unsurmountable it seems to grow. There is only one thing that is more frustrating than looking...
The List Wheres The List?
As you know I am a big proponent of making lists. That is one sure fire way to frustrate yourself to death. The more you look at the list the larger and unsurmountable it seems to grow. There is only one thing that is more frustrating than looking...
April And The Spring Weather Is Here
Finally after a long and dreary winter the spring weather has finally arrived here at the urban garden. We will be very busy this week working on turf cleanup and renovation. The beds are all finished around the building and we have started workin...
April And The Spring Weather Is Here
Finally after a long and dreary winter the spring weather has finally arrived here at the urban garden. We will be very busy this week working on turf cleanup and renovation. The beds are all finished around the building and we have started workin...
Out Like A Lamb
Out like a lamb. Thats they way that March ended this year at the urban garden. Some rain and warm temperatures almost 60 degrees. We were able to get some spring cleanup done in the morning but the rain started back around noon and we finished th...
Out Like A Lamb
Out like a lamb. Thats they way that March ended this year at the urban garden. Some rain and warm temperatures almost 60 degrees. We were able to get some spring cleanup done in the morning but the rain started back around noon and we finished th...
March Madness
We are not talking about basketball here we are talking about gardening at the urban garden! The month of March has been crazy this year at the urban garden. I know the weather has been very bad in areas of the country this year to our south , we...
March Madness
We are not talking about basketball here we are talking about gardening at the urban garden! The month of March has been crazy this year at the urban garden. I know the weather has been very bad in areas of the country this year to our south , we...
Snow Didn’t Blow On The Urban Garden
Well the big snow never made it to the urban garden last week. Instead of 8″ we ended up with a grand total of a 3/4″ which was a big blessing. Thats not to say it did not snow in Chicago 30 miles north of us there was 11″ of sno...
Snow Didn’t Blow On The Urban Garden
Well the big snow never made it to the urban garden last week. Instead of 8″ we ended up with a grand total of a 3/4″ which was a big blessing. Thats not to say it did not snow in Chicago 30 miles north of us there was 11″ of sno...
Snow Didn’t Blow On The Urban Garden
Well the big snow never made it to the urban garden last week. Instead of 8″ we ended up with a grand total of a 3/4″ which was a big blessing. Thats not to say it did not snow in Chicago 30 miles north of us there was 11″ of sno...
Winter Spring
Well what a wonderful thought to contemplate. I was out yesterday trying to get the grounds equipment organized and ready for some work out on the grounds next week. On the way home I got a call from someone wanting me to stop by today and evaluat...