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Do you Need a Little “Lime” This Weekend? It’s not what you think!

While “adding some lime” might make you think about mixing up a batch of margaritas, there’s another kind of lime, that’s good for your garden.

Why Fall is the Best Time to Plant for a Healthy, Beautiful Landscape

Fall offers the best conditions for establishing shrubs, trees, and lawns. Planting now gives new trees, shrubs, and lawns a head start, ensuring stronger, healthier landscapes for years to come.

Hot Weather, Healthy Harvest: Keep Your Vegetable Garden Growing Strong

Extreme heat can significantly impact even the healthiest plants, especially during prolonged heatwaves. Understanding how heat affects your vegetables is the first step toward preventing long-term damage.

Hummingbirds Have Returned: Tips & Supplies to Attract Them from Down to Earth Living

By Late May, ruby-throated hummingbirds, the only hummingbird species to breed in the eastern United States have typically returned to the Hudson Valley, including Rockland and Bergen Counties. These remarkable…

Spring Pruning Guide: Tips for a Thriving Garden This Season

One of the first tasks gardeners tackle is pruning—cutting back plants to remove dead or damaged growth and encourage healthy new blooms. With the right approach, spring pruning can help…

Secrets to Thriving Roses: Tips for Beautiful Blooms!

Roses are a timeless favorite, cherished for their beauty, fragrance, and elegance. While they may have a reputation for being finicky, with the right care, they can thrive and bloom…

Mastering Pumpkin Carving: Tips for a Gourd-geous Jack-O’-Lantern

Pumpkin carving is a beloved Halloween tradition that allows you to showcase your creativity and add a spooky charm to your home. To help you carve the perfect pumpkin this…

Six Tips to Keep Plants Thriving During a Heat Wave

Heat waves can be tough on plants, but with the right care, you can help your garden thrive even in the hottest conditions.

Proper Drainage Will Save Your Landscape

In the realm of landscaping, there is one crucial element that is often overlooked yet it ensures the stability and longevity of structures and landscapes: proper drainage. Here’s why proper…

April is National Gardening Month: Time to Prune!

Down to Earth Living in Pomona Provides these Tips According to the US Department of Agriculture, April is National Gardening Month. Many people await the arrival of spring specifically so…

Proper Winter Storage for Your Patio Furniture: Cleaning and Positioning Tips

As the vibrant colors of autumn fade into the muted tones of winter, it's time to think about storing your patio furniture to protect it from the harsh weather conditions.…

Revitalize Your Lawn: Fall Lawn Renovation Guide

Fall presents an ideal opportunity for lawn renovation, enabling your grass to recover from summer stress and fortify itself before winter’s chill sets in. Here’s a comprehensive guide to help…

Fall Delight: The Benefits of Planting Trees and Shrubs

As the days grow shorter and the air carries a crispness, the fall season presents an opportune time to embark on landscaping endeavors. Planting trees and shrubs during this time…

Nourishing Blooms: A Guide to Feeding Flowering Plants

As we immerse ourselves in the beauty of blooming flowers, it’s essential to remember that their vibrant colors and robust growth require proper care and nutrition. Feeding flowering plants is…

Summer Watering Tips for Healthy and Lush Gardens

As the scorching heat of summer descends upon us, maintaining a thriving garden can become quite challenging. The hot weather can quickly lead to drought stress, wilting plants, and overall…

Caring for Hanging Flower Baskets to Ensure Blooms All Summer Long

Hanging flower baskets are a delightful addition to any garden or outdoor space, adding color and beauty at eye level. To ensure these stunning displays continue to flourish throughout the…

Protecting Pollinators in the Garden: Cultivating a Haven for Nature’s Helpers

Pollinators play a vital role in the survival and productivity of countless plant species. Bees, butterflies, birds, and other pollinators facilitate the transfer of pollen, enabling plants to reproduce and…

Adding Shrubs to the Garden for Vibrant Summer Colors

As summer approaches, garden enthusiasts eagerly seek ways to enhance their outdoor spaces with bursts of color and texture. While flowers are often the go-to choice, adding shrubs to your…

Vacation Planning for your Garden and House Plants

Planning a vacation is an exciting experience, but it can leave you worried about the well-being of your beloved garden and houseplants while you’re away. Fortunately, with a little preparation,…

Garden-to-Table: Our Guide to Starting an Edible Garden

At some point, most of us have had the thought, “I would love a garden with herbs and vegetables.” Usually it’s triggered by eating at a farm-to-table restaurant or watching…

Caring for Roses – The Devil is in the Details

Roses are one of the most popular and beloved flowers in the world. They come in a wide range of colors, shapes, and sizes, and are known for their beautiful…

Enriching Your Garden Soil

Enriching your garden soil is an important part of growing healthy and productive plants. Good soil is essential for plant growth, providing the nutrients and support that plants need to…

The Importance of Mulch in the Garden: A Key Element for Healthy Plants and Soil

A well-maintained garden is a delight to behold, with vibrant colors, lush foliage, and thriving plants. But achieving and maintaining a healthy garden requires more than just regular watering and…

Using Raised Beds for Gardening

Raised beds have become increasingly popular in gardening, and for good reason. They offer many benefits over traditional in-ground gardening, including better drainage, improved soil quality, and ease of maintenance.…

Pruning Forsythia

Forsythia is a popular shrub known for its stunning yellow flowers that bloom in early spring. It is also popular in this area because it is deer resistant. To keep…

Planting Flowering Trees and Shade Trees

Planting trees in your garden or yard is a great way to add beauty and value to your property. Not only do trees provide shade and privacy, but they also…

Renovating Your Law

Over time, even the most well-maintained lawn can become tired and lackluster. If your lawn has bare patches, weeds, or brown spots, it might be time for a lawn renovation.…

Seed Starting – Everything You Need to Know

Seed starting is a great way to start your garden early and ensure that you have a steady supply of healthy, robust plants throughout the growing season. Whether you are…

Our Massive Garden Center is Stocked with Mums and Fall Decorations

Winter Gardening Tips for the Hudson Valley

Don't let the occasional warm spell fool you, we're still in the middle of winter in the Lower Hudson Valley. You need to make sure your plants are well tended…

It’s Time to Move those Houseplants Indoors!

If your houseplants have been vacationing all summer on your deck and patios, now is the time to gradually reintroduce them to indoor life. Herbs from your garden or flowering…

Fall Gardening with Down to Earth - The Largest Garden Center and Nursery in Rockland County, NY

It’s Time to Lime!

Why are we talking about this now? Because now is the time to add lime to your soil to get it prepped for the winter and ready in the spring.

Fall Planting: Perhaps the Best Time of Year to Plant!

Many people believe spring is the best time to plant, but adding perennials, wildflowers and shrubs to the garden in the fall gives plants a head start for their first…

Helping Your Plants Through Extreme Heat

Taking care of your garden and house plants during the dog days of summer can be stressful. Here are some tips and tricks on plant care during a heat wave.

Spring Into Summer Garden

Nothing is cheerier than the sight of daffodils and forsythia brightening our landscapes—the brilliant yellows are the perfect antidote to the long winter. But once their blooms start to fade,…

April is National Gardening Month: Time to Prune

Many people await the arrival of spring specifically so they can begin to work in their gardens. One of the first tasks is to see what might need pruning.

Preparing Your Garden for Spring

Springtime always brings a sense of hope and new beginnings. What better way to mark this milestone than to grab our gardening tools and just dig in?

Make Good on Your Gardening Promises

You promised that you would finally plant that corner in your yard that has been screaming for attention for the last several years.

Think Spring! Tips to Jump Start Your Garden

Now that the days are getting longer and warmer, homeowners in the Tri-state region are thinking about getting outdoors and enjoying nature once again. Down to Earth Living, Hudson Valley’s…

Discover the Advantages of Fall Planting

There are so many reasons to love planting in the fall. The weather is cooler and the ground temperature is still warm, helping new plants establish roots. We get plenty…

The Rule of Three: Using Texture in your Garden

Texture is one the most basic design elements of landscape design. In gardening terms, texture is not just foliage –but also the actual flowers, blades of grasses, and bark of the…

The Japanese Maple Garden at Down to Earth

Romancing the Stones: Hardscaping Your Yard with Stone.

Artful groupings of trees, grasses and flowering plants and shrubs make up the “greenscape” of a garden design. Its counterpart—the hardscape—is using stone to anchor the living elements, define boundaries…

Tips for Starting a Koi Pond

Some people are fortunate to have a pond in their living space. We get a lot of questions on whether or not it’s worth it to have Koi. Well, we…

Updating your Outdoor Space on a Budget

We all NEED a little change once in a while. So you find yourself smack dab in the middle of summer, wanting to update your outdoor living space but don’t…

Tina’s Garden: Combining Ornamental Grasses and Coneflowers

Tina’s Garden this week I’ve recreated part of the Highline planting with a combination of Echinacea, and ornamental grasses. It creates a gorgeous mix of texture and summer colors with…

Plant of the Week: Lychnis “Rolly’s Favorite”

From the Netherlands this is one of the most prolific flowering early season perennials that will bloom all summer! This outstanding new selection is poised to become one of the…

Kicking Off the Spring Gardening Season

Mother Nature has played her cruel joke on us this week. Don’t fret… there’s things you can do if you just planted fresh flowers. Take a sheet, some sticks and…

Winter Gardening Stage One – Dreaming & Discovery

Yes, it's the middle of winter and the polar vortex has us in her icy grip. You might think it's too early, but this is actually the perfect time to…

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