Why Plants Are Better at Mulching Than Mulch If you enjoy spreading wood mulch every year in your landscape, then by all means ignore this post. If you enjoy pushing heavy wheel barrows and carefully navigating plant stems and branches … [Read more...]
What To Do: Injured & Orphaned Wildlife
More often than not, handling injured, sick, or orphaned wildlife can do more harm than good. Although our intentions are well-meaning, human interaction with wildlife should always be kept to a minimum. Humans often misinterpret normal wildlife … [Read more...]
Tips on Treating Wilting Aloe Vera Plants
Tips On Treating Wilting Aloe Veras If your aloe is turning brown, continue reading for some causes and cures. Source: Gardening Know How … [Read more...]
August Flower Lore
August Flower Lore Learn all about the history and folklore attached to the gladiolus, August's official flower. Source: Farmers' Almanac … [Read more...]
Basil, Basil, Basil!
Fresh basil is soooo delicious. It is also a low maintenance annual herb which gives a bountiful harvest until the first frost. How nice that deer walk right on past it. I grow it in my vegetable garden, and tucked around in my landscape too. There … [Read more...]
When to Harvest Potatoes in Garden Beds and Containers
Potatoes are one of the easiest crops to grow producing a bounty of tasty tubers when planted in garden beds and containers. Plus, there’s so many awesome potato varieties to grow – from fingerlings to russets – in a rainbow of colors. But as the … [Read more...]
What do Sun and Shade Mean in the Garden?
What Do Sun and Shade Mean in the Garden? If you garden, you’ve heard it over and over: This plant needs full sun, or partial shade, or part sun. But what exactly does that mean? Source: … [Read more...]
Melon Season
We’re coming into melon season. I can’t decide if this is a good or a bad year for melons! Certainly, the early rains got them off to a late start and the overcast days made them long and rangy. It should be prime melon growing days, once … [Read more...]
Japanese Stiltgrass
The client requested identification of a weed taking over his lawn and recommendations on how it should be controlled. DIAGNOSIS / RECOMMENDATION The weed was identified as Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum). It can be controlled in … [Read more...]
August Lawn Care
For cool-season species : fescue, bluegrass, ryegrass. • To Prepare for Planting, Have Soil Tested. • Contact Extension Office for New List of Recommended Seeds. • Sow Grass Seed after August 15. • Aerify, Overseed After August 15. • Finish Grub … [Read more...]