Planting and growing boxwood shrubs in your landscape is an excellent way to add year round foliage and interest to flowerbeds, patios and more. Even better, it is interest that won’t attract hungry deer! Boxwoods are an easy care shrub that bring all kinds of versatility to nearly any landscape design. They can be shaped …
Nothing will help inspire, motivate and energize a gardener more than reading a great garden book. Especially as winter settles in, and all you can do is dream of getting outdoors to work in the dirt! Today, we take a look at 5 must-read books that can help in every aspect of your gardening prowess. …
There is no better tool for making great compost than a well designed homemade compost bin. And you might be surprised at just how easy it is to build your own incredible bin from something as simple as ordinary framing lumber. Even better – for far less than you ever thought possible! What Makes For …
With gardening becoming more popular than ever, this holiday season is a great time to fill your favorite gardener’s stocking with the perfect Christmas gift! Finding the “perfect” present for a gardener can be a tough task. Especially when it comes to finding something they really want to use – or something they don’t already …
When it comes to storing vegetable and flower seeds safely through winter, a few simple tips go a long way in keeping them fresh and viable. Let’s face it, buying seeds every year is expensive. Moreover, it can be difficult finding the seeds you love most. And that is exactly why saving seeds, or holding …
Frigid winter weather is just around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you can’t keep growing fresh vegetable plants in a cold frame! Cold frames are an incredible way to extend the growing season. With their enclosed walls and sloped, see-through cover, they allow the sun to warm the soil just enough to germinate and …
Although growing burning bushes can add big spring, summer and fall color to your landscape, there are a few downsides to planting this shrub that blazes in autumn with bright red foliage. Burning bushes are known for their fast growth and beautiful leaves. Especially as autumn rolls around, and their canopy of foliage turns to …
Growing lupines in your perennial flowerbeds is an excellent way to provide interest and color, all while improving a beds overall soil quality too! Although you wouldn’t know it by their gorgeous long blooms, lupines are a member of the pea family. And like other pea crops, they fix nitrogen levels in the soil as …
When it comes to finding a low-maintenance, easy to manage ornamental grass for your landscape, it’s hard to beat feather reed grass. In fact, it very well might just be the best ornamental grass choice of all! Ornamental grasses have soared in popularity over the past few decades. Not only are most varieties drought and …
Did you know that how you mow your lawn before winter can play a big part in the overall health and beauty of your yard next year? Although lawns head quickly into dormancy after the first few hard frosts or freeze, they can still sustain damage after they stop growing. Especially if they haven’t been …