The Bruce Company Blog

written by Lisa Briggs
All of April’s severe weather added up to a pretty wet month. All of the gardens that I see on my way to the Garden Center every morning are lush green and bursting into bloom! If we could only stop the nights from flirting with frost, it would be a perfect spring!

written by Lisa Briggs
Gardeners are not the kind of folks who enjoy being cooped up in the house all winter. When the weather finally breaks, and plants begin to emerge from dormancy, it’s understandable that we are eager to greet every new shoot and admire every swelling bud.

written by Lisa Briggs
This spring’s really warm days gave us a taste of the summer to come, but the unseasonably high temps should moderate for the next few days to something more seasonal.

written by Lisa Briggs
Every spring, gardeners hold their collective breath as we wait for the first green shoots pushing through the warming soil. To be a perennial gardener in this climate requires great faith in your choices.

written by Lisa Briggs
There are great reasons to grow your vegetables from seed because you have are so many more choices when you’re buying seeds.

written by Lisa Briggs
It’s National Poetry Month and we’ve been celebrating by sharing garden poems on our Facebook page, but not every gardener feels that rabbits in the garden are festive!

written by Lisa Briggs
Happy Vernal Equinox! And last Friday was everything I was hoping for the first day of spring.

written by Lisa Briggs
Learn About Butterflies Day was March 14th and it always reminds me that the battle between strength and fragility is not illustrated more clearly than by a butterfly.

written by Lisa Briggs
As winter recedes, each sign of spring seems more symbolic than the last. And this year’s teasing tone has made all of us more than a little crazy.

written by Lisa Briggs
A beautiful vase of flowers is a perfect remedy for chasing away the late winter blues when all we really want is to see is the light of spring at the end of winter’s tunnel.