Brian Bauman grew up in the big blue house right as you enter the farm. Believe it or not, this is where he grew up. On the front patio, there was a hanging basket sitting out front that his mom…
Rejuvenating Your Hanging Baskets
Category: Gardening
Perennial Lobelia – The PERFECT Hummingbird Attracter
It’s summertime on the farm and there are tons of blooming plants, but oftentimes it’s easy to get confused. For example, there is one type of lobelia that most of us are familiar with. We put it in our hanging…
Vibrant & Colorful West Country Lupine
A couple of years ago Brian Bauman planted some lupine in the front flower bed in front of the farm. They are one of his absolute favorite early flowering perennials. This variety you see is a brand-new introduction called ‘West…
Amazing Summer Perennials
We are excited to share with you some of the new plants that we’re growing at the farm for your home garden. Dahlias We have a new series of dahlia, called MegaBloom ‘Berry Blast’, and you can see why. This…
The Best Tomato Plants
If you are like us, you don’t want to wait for tomatoes. It’s easy to start with our giant 3-gallon tomato plants, to get tomato plants even faster. Here are some of the varieties we have at the farm. Sweet…
An Edible Container Garden – Video
Brian Bauman talks about great tips to help you in the garden this year. We combine two of our favorite trends in gardening this year, edible gardening and container gardening. For other Bauman videos and gardening tips visit our YouTube…
Planting Perennials – Video
Brian Bauman shows some tips and tricks on how to plant a tree or shrub at your home. He shows how to plant a lilac by digging a hole, roughing up the roots, and using soil conditioner as well as…
Summer Gardening & Plants
The summer is losing steam and I’m still not gardening. Unless you count buying plants, which I guess you’d have to since you can’t garden without plants. Duh. The date my sod (just a bit for the dog) and sprinkler…
A New Garden is Making Me Giddy
Except in college, I’ve never been without a garden. Until two and a half years ago when I moved to Corvallis for a new job and was forced to rent a home. Oh, boy, was that ever fun. “Can I…