Plant Daddy: Happy belated Beltane! Some tips for growing butterfly bushes and for helping butterflies

Welcome to May, and happy belated Beltane!

What’s Beltane?    

Well, most folks who celebrate it nowadays call it May Day. Beltane is the ancient Druid holiday that comes on the first day of May and marks the halfway point of astronomical spring.

So that means just a couple days ago, we officially reached the halfway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice.

Easy on the fertilizer

A recent article in a series from “Garden Magazine” says it’s a common misconception that using more fertilizer will make your plants grow faster and stronger.

Weekend Break: One

Read the full article @ WgnTv.com click here

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