Memories for Mother’s Day

Every Mother’s Day, I arrange a bouquet of flowers for my grandmother.  I always include at least a few roses because the first exposure I ever had to caring for flowers was with her and her roses that grew along the fence line of my childhood home. It was the home she had raised my mother […]

Sweeten Spring with Salvia

We love Spring and we can think of so many ways to make it sweet but one of the very best, for many reasons, is to bring Salvia into your garden. Salvias, often referred to as ‘sages’ are actually members of the Mint family. There are so many varieties, all lovely, and all adored by […]

There’s No Time Like the Present

…and it’s a gift, really.  We can take this point in time to be inspired by Nature and let it guide us in some really cool ways.  We’re thinking about being outside in that great weather and enjoying all the best of this time of year. Some Intentions we’re working on: Grow your own grove!  Adding citrus […]

Gifting a Love Garden

Many years ago, I was a Florida transplant and I met Terri Pinder, who effortlessly turned me on to gardening. She said one sentence that I have repeated so many times, as though my own thought:  gardening is the most equitable thing one can do. It stuck in my head and cajoled me to try to prove it. A […]

Pick Your Peppers

Pepper plants are popping onto the sales floor starting this weekend! We love growing all sorts of peppers in our own gardens so naturally, we want to help you grow your own. They’re pretty, nutritious, and there are so many ways to enjoy them- in salads, sautéed, grilled, stuffed, pickled, or plucked and tasted right […]

Lettuce Say: The Time to Plant Veggies is Now

Let- Us help build your dream vegetable garden! Did you know that we select and grow every herb and veggie we sell at the nursery? Growing edibles happens to be one of our favorites and we are grateful to share the hows and whys with you! Right now is the time to pick your plants […]

Tomato Talk

The elusive tomato.  That garden great we all long to pick and slice immediately.  The RIGHT tomato!  There are so many choices when it comes to those red, yellow, black, green, orange, purple, pink, cherry, plum, grape, saladette, large, indeterminate, and determinate berries.  Marvin’s sharing the “101” on how to decide what tomato you are […]

Time for Mums

This year, for only the third year in a verrry long time, Pinder’s Nursery is growing mums!  With Ian out of college and back in Martin County, Marvin has the assistant grower he needs to produce beefy, hardy mums, perfect for adding Fall Splendor to your garden.  Chrysanthemums are a crop that require a specific schedule.  Since […]

Another Lesson Learned in the Garden

Some years my Summer garden is magnificent, utterly sublime, painstakingly tended, watered and cared for.  Other years, it is lovely, and I look forward to returning home to it after work each day, and I spend the weekends in it, and it keeps me grounded.  This year, well, it just wasn’t much of anything, to […]

Veggie Dreams

  Dreaming of an abundant veggie garden? We can help you plant it. Here’s what you should think about: * What space you have to work with (large or small?  what veggies and varieties are the right size for the space?); * What the soil is like in that space and how to make it better if […]

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