Are you one of the many people who have discovered how relaxing and soothing gardening can be? Horticultural hobbies are enjoyed not only in warmer months, but commonly throughout most of the year. However, while you are planning to create an amazing natural space for yourself and your family, you may be also unwittingly creating an ideal environment for termites. […]
Pool Landscape Design Tips: Transform Your Backyard into a Summer Oasis
Landscaping a pool area is a unique challenge for everyone, just like the design of each home and garden. However, when it comes to selecting pool landscape plants, there are some universal considerations to keep in mind, such as maintenance needs, safety, privacy, size, and scent. If you are like many swimming pool owners, you may not know where to […]
Watering trees and shrubs
Trees and shrubs need moist, but not thoroughly wet, soil in order to grow well, resist insects and winter injury, and, in some cases, to produce flowers and fruit. If fruiting plants fail to fruit, or produce few fruit, it may be due to drought during flowering or fruit production. From early spring until about September 1, apply water adequately […]
Helping lawns deal with drought
With a changing climate, droughts seem to be getting more frequent and sometimes of a longer duration. Proper mowing, watering, and fertilizing are some of the strategies you can use to help a lawn deal with droughts and to survive. During periods of intense heat or drought, lawns will go dormant. They’re still alive, just not growing, so won’t need […]
Garden Strawberry Planting and Care
The Strawberry is our most widely cultivated small fruit. In suitable varieties it is grown in every state, much of Canada, except the coldest regions, and even in the milder parts of Alaska. It is grown extensively commercially in widely separated parts of the United States and Canada and is the most popular and easily grown garden fruit. The common […]