If you’ve noticed a grayish, silky mess ballooning out over the tips of tree branches this month, you’re not imagining…
If your basil plant suddenly looks like it’s trying to become a different species entirely — tall, sparse, with weird…
Walk out to the garden this week and your zucchini or yellow squash leaves might look like someone came through…
If your bearded irises bloomed less enthusiastically this spring than they did a couple years ago, or if the clump…
Getting rid of a stump can be frustrating. This is particularly true for those interested in going it alone with DIY tree stump removal. However, it is by no means impossible. If you’ve hired someone to cut down a tree on your property, they will probably be willing to also take care of that stump…
To be sure, no one wants to find weeds in their garden. It is the kind of problem that should be dealt with as quickly as possible. Thankfully, there are tons of different ways to kill weeds that are available to you. What matters is understanding that you do not necessarily need to go out…
Effectively controlling pests and insects in your garden is an almost full-time job, something that you are going to have to be hypervigilant about if you want your garden to really thrive. At the same time, more and more people are learning about and fully understanding the risks and dangers that traditional pesticides and pest…
You’ve likely heard the news that be populations around the world are dwindling, with pollinators being devastated in just the last few years and putting our entire food supply in jeopardy because of it. Most people are unaware of the fact that pollinators play a huge role in all the food that we eat, with…
When you look out over your lawn and see that it is beginning to turn brown, your first concern may be that you have let your lawn die, but that is not always the case. Lawns, like other plants, can go dormant after they experience tough conditions or do not get enough water. What is…
Much like any other investment you own, such as a car, having a healthy lawn requires maintenance throughout the year. While the seasons pass, there are certain things you need to do toward the end of the year to “tune it up,” and in the case of lawns, that usually means lawn aeration in the…
