Looking for a few simple tips and tricks to save your coleus plants and keep them alive through the winter to grow again next year? More and more gardeners are growing coleus with each passing year – and all over their landscape. With varieties that can grow foliage in a seemingly endless rainbow of bold, …
As wonderful as many of autumn’s falling leaves can be for home gardens, flowerbeds and compost piles – did you know that there are three leaf varieties you should never compost – or use in and around your garden and flowerbeds? Unfortunately, every fall, many gardeners unknowingly fill their compost bins with leaves that can …
Looking for few ways to use all of those spent coffee grounds to good use during the cooler fall months? Believe it or not, instead of simply tossing the grounds into the trash, you can use them to power your soil, improve your lawn, and keep pests away! Coffee is definitely an important morning staple …
Did you know that one of the fastest and easiest ways to recharge the tired and spent soil in your raised beds this fall is with a no till cover crop? Not only is it simple, quick and inexpensive to do, it also requires hardly any work at all next spring before you plant! One …
While the fall is a great time for dividing a wide range of perennials like hostas, daylilies, coneflower and more, there are a few perennials that you should never divide in the fall. Not only is it hard to get the new divisions to root and grow, it can also put the main plant at …
If you are looking to add big, bold, eye-catching beauty to your early spring flowerbeds next year, then you need to be plant a few gorgeous spring flowering bulbs this fall! There is nothing more inviting in the landscape than the first flowers of the early spring season. Especially after going months and months through …
Wondering what to do with your creeping phlox plants in the fall – and how to help prepare them for an amazing blooming season next year? Phlox is one of the easiest, low-maintenance perennial plants to grow in your landscape. One of the best things about this hardy plant is that it isn’t picky at …
Did you know that late fall is the best time to divide and transplant your hostas? Not only is it a great way to keep your hostas healthy and your flowerbeds neat and tidy – it’s also a great way to create brand new plants for free! Hostas are one of the most stunning foliage …
Tired of trying to stop mice from getting inside your garage, shed, equipment – or even your house? If there is one pest that can wreak havoc on your home and possessions, it’s mice! Not only are they unsettling to find scurrying across the floor – they can destroy your property and cause serious damage …
Looking for the best way to use all of those falling pine needles in your garden and flowerbeds? Just as many trees shed their leaves every fall, pine trees also drop a fair amount of their needles to the ground each and every year as they replace and replenish their own green foliage. And although …
If there is one thing you can do to help out your garden soil this fall and winter, it’s planting a cover crop – and one of the best cover crops to plant are field peas. Not only are they easy to plant and perfect for recharging your soil – you also don’t have to …