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Lawn Projects for Spring

Spring can be a stressful season for any lawn, but there are simple projects you can do to prepare and protect your turf to withstand the rigors of spring. Which projects are best for your lawn will vary, but each one will help you nurture a lush, strong, healthy lawn. The Stress on Spring...

Combine Annuals and Perennials this Spring

Have you ever planted a rainbow? The colors you see in the sky after a rain are fleeting, but the hues in your garden can reflect their beauty for entire seasons, even years. A combination of annuals and perennials timed to bloom in tandem and at intervals year-round, can transform your garden...

Spring Bird Feeding Tips

Spring is an amazing birding season and great for feeding birds. In spring, not only are year-round resident birds eager to visit feeders as winter food supplies run low, but returning migrants need reliable food sources as they head north to their breeding grounds, and well-stocked bird feeders...

Importance Of Pre Emergent Treatment and Fertilizer

Similar to many of life’s activities, the health and longevity of your lawn is highly dependent on planning ahead. The use of pre-emergent lawn treatments, including fertilizers and herbicides, is crucial in maintaining a gorgeous green lawn throughout spring and summer. Timing, above all else is...

Breathe Easy With Houseplants

Houseplants can be an amazing accent to your home, but the right houseplants are more than just living decorations or a way to bring a love of gardening indoors in all seasons. These popular plants can help clean the air in your home and create a fresher, healthier atmosphere for you and your...

Using Leaves for Mulch

Do you look at piles of leaves in your yard with dread because of all the raking you must do? Instead, why not consider the bounty Mother Nature has provided just when you need it most, and use those leaves as free, natural, organic mulch! Before You Mulch Mother Nature may have filled your yard...

Planting by Moon Phases

Moon gardening is a traditional technique for planning your planting and adjusting planting times for an optimum harvest. Why not give it a try and avoid the stress of fussy planting calendars and instead rely on nature's wisdom and the natural planetary balance to grow your garden? Dark and Light...

Five Steps To Making Your Pruners Like New Again

Every once in a while those pruners that have been hacking away at bushes need a little TLC. Here are five steps to keeping your pruners looking like new:1) DisassembleIf it looks like it’s easy to take apart and put together your pruners to clean them, you should definitely take them apart....

How to Start a Kid-Friendly Vegetable Garden

Getting kids involved with gardening is a great way not only to encourage youngsters to eat their vegetables, but to help them explore many other lessons and benefits gardens offer. But how can you start a kid-friendly vegetable garden? How Gardening Helps Kids A kid-friendly garden helps children...

No Hummingbirds at Your Feeders? We Have Solutions!

Hummingbirds are some of the most desirable backyard birds, but if they aren't finding your backyard to their liking, there are many steps you can take to attract them to your feeders. Choose the Right Feeder Type There are two kinds of hummingbird feeders – reservoir styles with the nectar...

Thoughtful Watering

Unseasonably hot weather can make your flowers and vegetable plants start to look peaked. Although rainfall does help, you should remember to water thoughtfully. To determine if you have watered sufficiently, dig down into the soil to see if more moisture is needed. Dig down with a trowel blade...

Keeping Wild Birds Cool in the Summer

Although wild birds have many ways to keep themselves cool, as a wild bird enthusiast you can help them avoid becoming overheated. • Provide a Water Source: Provide a bird bath with clean fresh water, and no more than a couple of inches of water in the bath for bathing. The water may evaporate on...

Beneficial Bugs: Insects You Actually Want to Keep Around!

When you think of summer and insects, you think of the nuisance of gnats flying around your face, the miniature chainsaw buzz of them landing in your ears, and several months of itchy, red welts from mosquitos making your vacation less than picturesque. Well, these things are certainly true to...

Monarch Magnets

Swarms of butterflies can transform a backyard patch into a magic garden. But there's no mystical tip for making them flutter around your house. You see, butterflies are attracted to flowers that have a heavy perfume because they contain more carbohydrates that are needed to fuel their high...

Garden Ideas to Keep Kids Busy

While you're outside getting things done around the house, get your kids started with gardening early. Kids are very impressionable when it comes to deciding upon what is a valuable endeavor and what is lame. Make gardening seem cool. It gives them an excuse to get dirty and learn to plot, dig, and...

Plant a Victory Garden

Victory gardens have often been popular in times of adversity, whether it is wartime, economic depressions, or other strenuous periods. Most common during World War I and World War II, these at-home plots have served many purposes, and they can be just as helpful now. What Is a Victory Garden...

COVID-19 Update

We are open for gardeners daily 9 am-5 pm We encourage gardeners during these trying times to go out into their yard and realize the simplistic beauty of spring as it arrives. Gardening can provide exercise and reduce stress while getting us outdoors to enjoy the blossoming of our home landscapes...

March Gardening Tips

With the official first day of spring at hand, March is an exciting month in the garden. While it is important not to rush into gardening too early and put tender seeds or seedlings at risk, it is also important not to miss these first days of warming temperatures, fertile soil and abundant rains....

How to Revive Damaged Plants From Cold Temperatures

Tender tropical plants are exceptionally vulnerable to chilly winds, frosts and freezes, but cold temperatures don't have to be a death knell for sensitive flowers, trees or shrubs. By knowing how to properly revive damaged plants, it is possible to minimize damage and save your favorite tropical...

Caring for Houseplants

From ferns and vines to flowers, cacti and tropical foliage, houseplants are great indoor accents that refresh the air and make a home more natural and welcoming. While some plants can be difficult to care for, many houseplants are easy for even inexperienced gardeners to enjoy. Choosing Good...

DIY Indoor Succulent Garden

Houseplants have many wonderful benefits – they purify the air, enhance mood and even improve focus and concentration. Succulents are some of the easiest and most versatile houseplants to add to your décor, and creating a do-it-yourself indoor succulent garden is a great way to bring these beauties...

Protecting Plants From Frost

Whether it is a late fall chill or early spring freeze, a little frost can be deadly to many plants. Tender seedlings, newly planted flowers, shrubs and trees and even established plants in areas that are not used to cold are at risk when the temperatures dip. Fortunately, there are easy steps you...

Autumn Flower Box Ideas

The end of summer doesn’t have to mean the end of beautiful flower boxes. Even as the days shorten and summer wanes, these autumn flower box ideas can add gorgeous seasonal flair to your home, garden, and landscape. Cleaning Out Flower Boxes for Autumn Before you jazz up your flower boxes for a...

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