Our apple tree snapped off at the base...could this happen to your apple tree?

Tragedy struck our garden last week. Our five year old apple tree snapped off at the base. Could this happen to your apple tree? How can it be prevented?

Monarch butterflies must have milkweed plants to complete 3 of the four stages of their life cycles. Gardeners can help reduce population loss by planting milkweed for this migratory insect. We’ll see milkweed in our garden and other more well-behaved forms better suited to gardens.

After a great strawberry harvest, the Junebearing strawberries need to be renovated to be ready to produce again next June. Meanwhile, the ever-bearing strawberries are just getting started.