Spring flowers fighting through April snowfall
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Tackle your weeds with a different approach!
Focus on the positive… Planting beautiful flowers… Rather then spending your time weeding, weeding, weeding, spend your time planting, planting, planting. In a way, you are creating a barrier with plants that will suppress the nasty old unwanted weeds with layers of bulbs, perennial plant roots, annuals and shrubs. For example, let’s take a typical spring… Continue reading Tackle your weeds with a different approach!
Tip of the Day – Diggers hotline is 811
Before digging in the dirt this Spring please make sure to make that one simple, free call to Diggers Hotline. It is simple, easy and free, and results in all of your local utility companies coming to visit your property to mark where dangerous lines are. Then you’ll know which areas to steer clear of… Continue reading Tip of the Day – Diggers hotline is 811
Mowing the indoor grass
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Potting Inspirations from Nonna
Potting!
When it is too early to start digging in your garden outdoors, but you are ready to plant, grab a pot! Pots are great no matter where you live – condominiums, apartments, houses or farms. Here are some basic tips to a successful pot. The Basics 1. Start with a great pot I really… Continue reading Potting!
Organic lawn management
Organic Gardening Magazine had a terrific article, The Dark Side of Lawns recently that covered all the great reasons why you should refrain from using the various synthetic fertilizers on your lawn. I found the discussion on “weed and feed” practices particularly relevant. The situation gets worse with the widely popular “weed and feed” products… Continue reading Organic lawn management
Views of March
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Tip of The Day – tetnaus
Is your tetnaus shot up to date? I have read this tip again and again and again. Before digging in the dirt, make sure your tetnaus shot is up to date!
Recession proof your garden
Tips for having a beautiful yard during trying times: 1. Use flowers with staying power There are flowers whose blooms come and go in a day. Then there are flowers that are beautiful and stay a long time. Lilies are an example of a flower with staying power. They can bloom for a month in… Continue reading Recession proof your garden
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