Before you know it, winter will be here, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to pack away the garden trowel. There are so many ways to spruce up your yard in the winter, and some colorful additions to the landscape can help brighten those bleak midwinter days.
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We love feeding the birds, but it can be frustrating when squirrels hoard all the goods for themselves. These simple solutions can help birds get enough food to sustain them through the winter.
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Providing your lawn with the right nutrients will prevent damage or stunted growth during this dormant period, so it will grow nice and lush once the temperature warms back up.
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Sure, we all love the pumpkin-flavored confections, trendy fashions, and crisp autumn air, but there’s just something about colorful fall trees that take your breath away. If you’d like to brighten your landscape with a splash of rich fall color, look no further than these ten spectacular specimens!
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01The Value of Trees in Home Landscaping02Best Trees for Front Yard Privacy03Best Trees for Backyard Shade Trees of all sizes and colors are welcome additions to any neighborhood. Their natural beauty is unquestionable, and their profound impact on the environment makes them a good investment for our future, by filtering out toxins and churning out…
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What’s the Secret to Hydrated and Happy Plants in Summer Heat? Watering your flowering baskets, planters, flowerbeds, and even your lawn everyday is essential, especially now in the heat of summer. But what happens when life just gets too busy and you forget to water? Is there a way to avoid having to water as…
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We all love trees for their magnificent beauty and with so many incredible varieties – everyone seems to have their favorite. Besides their stunning appeal to your garden, trees provide us with so many benefits to our health, our home, and our community. Here’s What Healthy Trees Mean to You Healthy People Tree filled neighborhoods…
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We often see mulch piled eight inches or more up the trunk of trees. A hot, steamy and moist environment is created for the cambium layer of the tree to support a new life system of molds and assorted fungi. Bio diversity is assured. In cold weather the mulch is an excellent home for small…
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Why To Prune Before pruning of landscape plants happen think about why it is being pruned, what is the goal? Pruning should be done to remove any dead, broken, injured, diseased, or insect infested branches. Pruning should also be done to prune out undesirable branches such as crossovers, suckers, sprouts, or those branches that are…
Read MoreMarch is a good time to prune trees and shrubs while they are dormant. Without leaves; it is easy to see the framework of the plant. Complete pruning before buds break. Wounds from pruning heal faster during this time. Shrubs that bloom in the spring like lilacs, spirea and forsythias should not be pruned. Pruning…
Read MorePrevent dehydration of the following plants with an application of Wilt-Stop / Wilt-Proof. This application should be done when temperature is just above freezing. Boxwood Holly Yews Arborvitae Hydrangea Japanese Maples It’s important to ensure perennials, roses, and hydrangeas have a good layer of mulch over their root systems to prevent freeze burn. How to…
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