Many birds, especially robins, starlings, cedar waxwings and grackles, eat fruit—wild or farmed—when it is available. Read more: SOURCE: … [Read more...]
Home Garden Peppers
The rich, full flavor and freshness of a home-grown pepper just picked from the bush are the gardener?s reward for growing their own peppers. Fortunately, the most popular pepper varieties are easy to grow as long as you understand and follow a few … [Read more...]
Hydrangea
Hydrangeas are deciduous shrubs that grow from 4-to 12-feet in height depending on the variety. Continued: SOURCE: … [Read more...]
Tips for Growing Healthy Roses
Roses can provide us with so much beauty and joy. These tips will help you help your roses and hopefully lead to some beautiful memories of your own. Read more: SOURCE: … [Read more...]
Organic Matter and Soil Amendments
Soil amendments are materials applied to or mixed into the topsoil to change or change soil properties and improve plant growth. For example, compost improves soil structure and lime increases soil pH. Most soil amendments supply some plant nutrients … [Read more...]
How to Plant and Grow Bearded Iris
Bearded irises are relatively easy garden plants to grow and will give good results with a minimum of care, but like all plants, the better the culture the more magnificent the display. The following instructions are easy to implement and should lead … [Read more...]
Lawn Alternatives
Even though lawns have been a part of American culture for generations, we are now in an era in which dramatic declines in pollinators (loss of natural habitat) and climate change (more extreme weather events) make a compelling case to think … [Read more...]
Avian Influenza Outbreak: Should You Take Down Your Bird Feeders?
Because of the duration of this outbreak, its recent spread to mammal species, and widespread mortalities in some types of wild birds, there has been concern about whether it’s safe for people to feed wild birds. Continued: SOURCE: … [Read more...]
Spring ephemerals for the garden
Spring ephemerals are shade plants that emerge and flower in late winter and spring and complete their life cycle early, fading away once trees leaf out and the ground dries up. Read More: SOURCE: … [Read more...]
Weed Alert: Tree-of Heaven
Now is the time to identify and control this invasive tree to minimize re-growth. Check out our weed alert for More Information: SOURCE: … [Read more...]