Effective Garden Weed Control Tips for Homeowners
Love your gardens but hate weeds? Learn about some tried and true weed control activities that will help you keep your gardens looking neat and maintained.
6 Tips to Create a Green, Healthy Lawn
Most homeowners want a beautiful green healthy lawn framing their home. Having the best lawn in the neighborhood ensures that all of your neighbors will envy your landscaping skills. If you want the greenest, healthiest lawn in your neighborhood, look no further than these six do’s and don’ts.
5 Tips for Preparing Your Lawn for Winter
Just as many people neglect the last gardening task of the year before the snow falls, many homeowners forget to get their lawns ready for winter. Most have already put the lawnmower away to make room for the snowblower! But preparing your lawn for winter is an important task.
5 Tips for Preparing Perennials for Winter
You either spent time or money this past spring and summer caring for the plants in your garden and making the beds look good. But many people neglect the last gardening task of the year before the snow falls: preparing perennials for winter.
Spring Landscape Cleanup Checklist
Did you know leaving your landscape alone during the winter months is healthy for plants? If you follow this advice, then it’s important to perform a spring clean-up. Here is a spring landscape cleanup checklist to help you decide what projects you should take on this spring to ensure an attractive and healthy landscape.
Rock Mulch vs. Bark Mulch – Which is Better for Gardens?
If you take a ride through a residential neighborhood, you’re bound to see gardens. Some will have rock mulch and some will have bark mulch. It begs the question, which is better? While both alternatives are functional and visually pleasing, the best option comes down to what works best for you and the soil.
Pros and Cons of Hydroseed vs Sod
In the landscape world, it’s a question asked a lot. Which method is better for starting a new lawn: hydroseed or sod? The best way to answer is by acknowledging each method has its pros and cons. Depending on your personal situation, one option may be better for you. Read on to learn more.
4 Benefits of Winter Pruning Trees and Shrubs
Pruning is a horticultural and silvicultural practice involving the selective removal of certain parts of a plant, such as branches, buds or roots. Many experts agree winter is a good time to prune. So, sharpen your shears and prune on a mild day. Cut out dead and diseased branches first. Then remove overgrown branches. Make sure to keep all the branches critical to the structure of the tree.
6 Low Maintenance Landscaping Ideas for Your Front Yard
Americans are busier than ever. Children’s activities take up much of the weekend. Demanding jobs, plus long commutes, make weekday landscaping difficult. So, let’s face it, there’s never enough time for a high maintenance yard. If you you’re looking for low maintenance landscaping ideas for your front yard to free up your time for more fun, read on.
Benefits of Fall Garden Planting
There are many benefits to fall garden planting and landscape construction projects. Besides being better for the plant, it may also be better for you. Find out why you should plan and plant your fall garden now.