One of the best ways you can help defend your garden and your flowerbed plants from a long list of insects and pests that attack it is to attract chickadees to your yard. Chickadees are one of the most beloved birds of all – not just for bird enthusiasts – but for gardeners as well! …
When it comes to helping to save the honeybee population, did you know there are actually three simple things that anyone and everyone can do in their own landscape to help make a big difference? It is no great secret that the honeybee is an incredibly magnificent insect. With a slew of varieties that cover …
Looking for a few safe, easy and natural ways to keep ants off of the plants growing in your vegetable and flower gardens – and stop them from building damaging nests in the soil underneath? Ants can cause a number of serious issues for plants. When in large numbers, they will cluster on plants, often …
When it comes to finding the best companion plant to grow in your vegetable garden, it is hard to beat the amazing benefits that growing zinnias can bring. Not just for their stunning display of colorful blooms from Spring to Fall – but for how they can help your vegetables grow and produce better than …
One of the best ways you can help protect the plants in your garden and flowerbeds is to attract bluebirds to your landscape. Why? Because they are wonderful at keeping the pests that bother your plants completely under control! Bluebirds are among the most beautiful to observe in nature. Male bluebirds have a cover of …
Looking to help the birds that frequent your backyard survive the frigid cold and harsh weather conditions winter can bring? One thing is certain, they can use all the help they can get in order to stay alive until next spring! Although there are a whole slew of migratory birds that head south before the …
Not all bugs are bad to have in your yard – in fact, it can actually be quite beneficial to attract a few varieties of insects that help keep your garden, flowerbeds and landscape healthy and thriving. When gardeners start talking insects, it’s usually not a positive conversation. Quite often, it’s about slugs attacking their …
There is no better way to control pest problems naturally in your garden, flowerbeds and landscape than by attracting ladybugs to your outdoor spaces! Ladybugs are one of the most efficient methods for pest control around. Not only do they consume thousands upon thousands of insects in their lifetime, they also feed on the larva …
Looking to attract hummingbirds to your landscape this year? Then it is time to start growing the plants and flowers they love most! There is simply something so incredible about watching a hummingbird fly about and feed. Viewing the tiny bird in action with its blazingly fast wings makes for some of the best bird …
Not only is Ageratum easy to plant and grow, it will fill your flowerbeds, pots and containers with unique and gorgeous blooms from late spring all the way to the first frost! If you are looking for an alternative to the everyday common varieties of annual flowers, ageratum is an excellent choice. Often referred to …