Higgins Greenhouse

17/07/2024

I do offer fresh cut flowers 💐 $10 for a bouquet

I cut to order so message me if you want one

16/07/2024

https://youtube.com/shorts/C5srv_WVHCI?si=6aWdkP4iMgFl4WA8

13/07/2024

Indoor plants 🪴 I have available

13/07/2024

Fresh dug minutes ago 🥔

Red potatoes $3

09/07/2024

New video is up on my YouTube channel

Growing strawberries 🍓 from store bought

06/07/2024

Are your hanging baskets looking tired 😴 it’s that time of year when you’re needing to replace them. I have lots of hanging baskets that are looking great

Along with veggie starts and annuals

Stop by tomorrow

04/07/2024

Happy 4th Everyone

I will have the stand out on Saturday so Basil and I would love to see you

01/07/2024

What fireflies look like in the day time

01/07/2024

Where’s Basil 🤷‍♀️🤪 sunning himself on the tarp I am using to kill back grass. This is the next round of sunflowers 🌻 for fresh cut bouquets 💐 to be on the stand soon

30/06/2024

The stand will be open till it rains today

Those purple petunias smell amazing

27/06/2024

Produce will start showing up on the stand this weekend

22/06/2024

Coleus shade hanging basket $20

I know lots of people have been looking for pretty things for the shade

I am waiting for the rain to let up so I set up the stand but till then stay tuned for more sale items. Just comment on something you want to buy

21/06/2024

The lady bugs have arrived 🐞

15/06/2024

Basil says the flowers are ready

I still have a few hanging baskets left

12/06/2024

Sing it with me 🎶 I like bee 🐝 butts and I can not lie 🎶

11/06/2024

The Native of the Week

Aquilegia canadensis, Columbine, also called Red or American Columbine, is one of the first plants to provide nectar in the spring for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Columbine is the larval host plant of the Columbine Duskywing. The colorful flowers are red flowing into yellow. Besides being an early bloomer, Columbine will tolerate a large range of soil and sun types, so you'll have success with it in full sun as well as shade. It can grow in pine tree areas and is deer-resistant. The seeds of Aquilegia are shiny black and smooth - like tiny black pearls. They can bounce on hard soil surfaces, aiding in their distribution.

WHY NATIVES?
Introducing native plants to your garden or land can bring many seasons of delight and discovery. Their many merits, though, exceed their virtues of beauty, resilience and appeal to birds and pollinators.

Ecosystem Restoration: Tallgrass prairies are North America’s most threatened major ecosystem, with about 99% plowed up or paved over since the 1830s. By planting native species, you are restoring ecosystems and preserving countless species that might otherwise be lost forever.

Clean Air: Like forests, prairies and meadows sequester pollutants and carbon from the atmosphere. Even small plantings can help filter the air around your home, and large plantings can help to mitigate climate change.

Clean Water: Because of the deep root system of most native plants, they act both as a sponge and a filter. They help water soak down into the soil and filter out excess nutrients and pollutants, improving water quality.

Healthy Soil: The dance between native plants and animals created some of the most fertile soil on Earth, making the American Midwest the “Breadbasket to the World.” Native plants prevent soil erosion, create topsoil and build fertility.

Invasive Species: Outside of their native environments, some plants will aggressively out-compete others because they lack natural checks and balances like pests and predators. Some of our worst non-native invaders – Buckthorn, Honeysuckle, Dame’s Rocket – were first planted in gardens. By choosing natives, you can help prevent further habitat loss.

Resource Conservation: Once established, native plants can save you time and money because they require little or no irrigation, fertilizer, pruning or mowing.

Keep the Circle complete – plant natives! Predators like foxes, snakes and birds of prey rely on small mammals, amphibians, birds and insects for their survival. All of these prey species are sustained by native plants. 90% of our native insects are specialists, meaning they require a native host plant in their life cycle. Birds sustain their young almost exclusively on native insects, primarily caterpillars. It takes thousands of caterpillars and insects in order to raise and fledge a clutch of young birds. Essential nutrient cycling is expedited by carrion beetles, fly larvae and other scavenging insects, enriching the soil. A few square feet or several acres, we can all make a difference… HOPE GROWS IN EVERY BACKYARD!

I have 1 left $5

08/06/2024

Stop by 💚 we would love to see ya

NEW THIS WEEK
Native Spiderwort $3 sm or $$5 lg
Shade Plants Coleus and Impatiens ( hanging baskets &15)

07/06/2024

Wander on over this weekend

04/06/2024

Variegated or just bug damage 🤷‍♀️ what do you think

03/06/2024

While you are all thinking summer gardens 🌱 we are preparing for fall. Baby mums 💚 these aren’t the kind you by at the box store. These are old heirloom varieties

28/05/2024

Father’s Day is coming up and these patio gardens make the best gifts 🪴 $25 each

The has chives. Oregano, cherry tomato 🍅 and garlic and cucumber 🥒 once you use the garlic ( which I use now as green garlic like green onions 🧅) the cucumber will have sprouted and there will be plenty of space. Chives and oregano are perennial so this fall plant them out in your garden 🪴 for next season

26/05/2024

The plants 🪴 are loving all the rain we got this morning. They are looking their best for you today. I will also have the stand open Monday for some limited time

Hope to see you today

25/05/2024

Stop by today and get your plants 🪴 for the season

If you have already stopped by 💚💜 thank you 💜💚 but the stand changes so much that I bet you will find more that you need

23/05/2024

Did you know you can grow common milkweed in containers? 🌸 is anyone interested if I offer these native plants 🪴

Asclepias syriaca supports over 450 insects, not just Monarch butterflies, so I definitely wanted to have it in my native plant lineup. Growing in such a small space, I did want to keep it in check as it can happily spread everywhere by rhizomes.

Solution: 1 plant in a large pot where it can successfully for years. The pot overwinters out in the landscape

Do you grow milkweed in containers or in your landscape? 🦋

23/05/2024

Available this week plus more

Stop by the stand will be open all season till after Columbus Day

20/05/2024

Top dressing my pots with coffee ☕️

Pansies $3

19/05/2024

You asked and now they are here 🪷 Lily of the Valley’s. A bunch have buds and will smell amazing

18/05/2024

They are back 🪴Patio Gardens

My most popular seller last yr. This has garlic, chives oregano 🌿 and a cherry tomato 🍅 $25

18/05/2024

A few sprinkles out there this morning. I still set up the stand

And flower friends dropped off pots

21/01/2024

Ya if you can’t make it yourself you’re outta here 😂😂😂🤷‍♀️

You’re a great gardener……