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Rose plants are considered high maintenance plants because they need regular dead-heading to stay looking good throughout the season. Don’t plant another plant until you read this… Every landscape...
View ArticleSun or Shade? Where do I place my new plant?
One of the best places to learn about the requirements for a plant is on the Plant Label. Plant labels include recommendations for how much light a plant needs Here are few descriptions. Full Sun...
View ArticleGrow Your Own Gourmet Vegetables This Year
Do you want to learn more about edible gardening? Are you a foodie? Do you want organic seeds? This garden catalog, The Cook’s Garden, offers something for everyone. The Cook’s Garden offers...
View ArticleHave Spring Fever? Start by Cutting Back Grasses
Now is a good time to start light spring garden clean-up. One of the quickest and easiest chores is cutting back the winter grasses. Unfortunately, the more full and beautiful an ornamental grass is,...
View ArticlePruning Tips
THROW AWAY YOUR HEDGE-CLIPPERS! Learning how to prune properly is important to the appearance of your plants. Incorrect pruning techniques make shrubs and trees look unnatural and actually creates more...
View ArticlePlaying in mud
My brother and I played on dirt piles in front of new home construction sites. When it rained….pure joy
View ArticleEarly Spring Chores to Do Now
The last couple of days have been fantastic!! Finely we are seeing signs of spring. Listed below are a few chores you can start now to have a better looking summer garden. Pruning It’s time to get out...
View ArticleWhat’s in Blooming.
SPRING HAS POPPED! YELLOW IS THE STORY THIS WEEK Forsythia hedge on Rt. 9 taken this morning. These bushes looks so nice planted in mass and left to grow natural. The forsythia likes full sun or...
View ArticleLandscaping Math: Plant Estimating Chart
Formulas for figuring square feet Length x width Circle – 3.14 x radius squared - (Radius is distance from center of circle to perimeter / or half the distance of the diameter) (Radius squared is...
View ArticleHow to Plant a Tree
Earth Day and Arbor Day How will you support the earth? One of my favorite ways is to plant trees. ArborDay.org give you lots of tips on planting trees....
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