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Planting a vegetable garden isn’t just for spring - In this post, we’ll discuss some vegetables and herbs; all of which are available now in the garden center, to plant in the fall for a spring harvest. We’ll also include some helpful tips to make your spring vegetable garden a success.
Here's an unusual plant that will liven up any garden or porch/patio container planting. Celosia cristata | Brain Flower! The crested blooms of the cockscomb give this plant its nickname of the brain flower due to its resemblance to a brain, and it comes in a variety of colors, including red, orange, and yellow. Great in containers or when planted with mums and ornamental peppers. Great long lasting seasonal color.
Create A Firefly Garden Haven - with native perennials“To a child’s eye a lightning-bug outshines the brightest fixed star”There’s nothing that says summer like a warm, summer night filled with twinkling lights. Lightning bugs were once a fundamental part that we all looked forward to during the hottest season of the year, but in this day and age with densely packed communities and mowed lawns, it’s getting harder and harder to find these wonders of nature, those tiny little insects that became a magical and iconic part of every summer.
Meyer lemon trees combine the best of lemons and mandarin oranges into one hybrid, fruit-bearing tree. If you haven’t heard of a Meyer lemon before, you’re missing out on this farmers market favorite
It’s here – mid summer. July through August are generally the hottest months for us. Little precipitation this year along with the heat waves we’ve been through have only exasperated the garden situation. One thing that is important to know though is Don’t fertilize your plants after a heat wave.
Just as good today as they were 56 years ago when Mom and Dad opened Goffle Brook Farms, Jersey Tomatoes are here. In 1968, the Jersey Tomato was so famous that even Campbell’s Soup and Heinz Ketchup called upon NJ farms to grow and provide them with their freshest tomatoes for their products.
Relishing within the aroma of English lavender wafting amidst the breeze on a warm, sunny day is one of the truest pleasures of gardening. Often considered an herb, it is actually an herbaceous perennial with a semi-woody growth habit. English lavender provides good midsummer color to the garden and is often used in perennial borders and rock gardens as well as in herb gardens and scent gardens. Excellent Pollinator Plant and attracts beneficial insects.
Within this post are four members of the hylotlephium sedum family; sedum “autumn joy“. sedum “dazzleberry“, sedum “plum dazzled“, and sedum “wildfire“. Each is drought tolerant and long blooming and all are of immense benefit as a pollinator plant for butterflies, bees, moths and other wildlife and available at our garden center.
One way you could use up our tomatoes and Jersey sweet corn is in a fresh home-made batch of salsa! There are so many ways to make salsa the way you like it, our recipe we'll be sharing is black bean and corn, but you can make this recipe any way you'd like by adding or removing the corn, beans, cilantro, and whatever else you might not like in salsa. If you do like all of those ingredients though, you're in for a treat with this tasty salsa.
Over the past ten years, our website developer has been creating a Memorial Garden to honor his son’s mother. This is the latest upgrade (so to speak) of his endeavor and we at Goffle Brook are honored to share this with all of you, hoping perhaps it will inspire you to create one of your own. Within these beds one can find peace, serenity, solace, compassion, love and understanding and most of all “a reason to go forth with life” and always remember.
During the dog daze of summer nothing screams “grilling season” more than corn on the cob. Fresh, local grown, juicy and bursting with flavor, this summertime staple is a must have at any cookout. Granted you can’t go wrong with butter, salt and herbs; if you want to add some pizzazz to the meal try this twist on corn on the cob using sriracha, bacon, honey and hot peppers.
Celebrate Father's Day with dear old dad at Goffle Brook Farms and give the gift of gardening this year. Flats of annuals are buy one get one and hanging baskets are 25% off thru June 21st of 2024. Stop by with dad and take all the time you need to enjoy his special day amidst the lovely blossoms and flowers that mesmerize one's soul in the garden center...
Mandevilla – Spectacular Blooms for Your Garden - Bold and showy, mandevilla definitely makes a dramatic statement in landscapes and container gardens. This tropical vine bears a nonstop supply of large, trumpet-shaped blooms in shades of red, pink, and white. It’s also lovely in landscape beds and borders — and is frequently used to climb up and over arbors, trellises, and mailbox posts. Hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees appreciate the nectar-filled, tube-shaped flowers of both vining and mounding mandevilla varieties.
Geranium Bevans Variety - This is woodland edge plant (or light deciduous forest plant) and looks the best as a groundcover in half shade, or woodland garden. Bright fragrant magenta-pink blossoms with conspicuous veining and decorative deep red sepals highlight dense mounds of pine-scented foliage.
Liatris spicata - Blazing star are butterfly magnets. When in bloom it’s not unusual to see clusters of monarchs jockeying for position on the purple flower spikes – which is why regionally native blazing star species have been included on nearly all of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation Monarch Nectar Guides.
Euphorbia – Martinii Ascot Rainbow - Its narrow leaves are eye catching with yellow, green, and light green foliage. Leaves turn deep red in winter and during the cooler months the foliage at the ends of the stems becomes flushed with shades of red, pink, and orange.
Looking for a groundcover for shade? One that’s easy to grow, easy to divide, drought tolerant? One that puts on a show with its heart shaped leaves that are splashed with a streak of silver. Top that off with its soft pink blossoms that it puts forth profusely from mid spring through late summer, and what do you have? Lamium maculatum ‘Shell Pink’ Spotted Dead Nettle.
One of my best gardening memories is of planting vegetables again after waiting so long. And now that the weather and soil are warming up there’s a plethora of good eats to get in the ground, all the while basking in the sun’s warmth, working the soil with your hands, and getting dirt beneath your fingernails.
Spider Purple has dark purple flowers with an unusual petals shaped like spoons that profusely bloom from spring until fall, giving you long-lasting splashes of vibrant color in any garden. The petals on this zany osteospermum curl inward mid-petal, creating a spoon shape at the tips. An interesting character that is bound to draw attention.
