Category: Landscaping
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How to Test Your Soil and Why You Should
You can use an at-home kit, or send out some soil to be professionally tested When it comes to your plants, you can’t cheat. If you cut a corner, the results are going to be felt in your garden. Stressed plants that are susceptible to disease, produce less fruit and fruit that tastes less awesome.…
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What to Start Seeding and Planting in March
March is finally your time, gardeners – but you still want to be selective about what you seed this early. If you are a gardening enthusiast, you have been waiting anxiously throughout February to start putting seeds in soil. March is finally your time, but you still want to be selective about what you seed…
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Why You Need an Oak Tree in Your Backyard
Just one oak tree provides shelter and food for hundreds of bird and butterfy species. Plus, it offers a shady escape in your backyard. Native trees offer incredible benefits for wildlife, so it’s more important than ever to plant an oak tree. Oak Tree Wildlife Benefits The oak tree is indeed mighty when it comes…
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Protect Your Plants Before a Freeze
Three Things To Do to Protect Your Plants Before a Freeze Much of the U.S. is entering freeze season. I’m not talking a light morning frost, but a full-on freeze. While ideally we would all be planting natives that are well-accustomed to our local climate, it’s not always realistic. We like what we like and…
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Gardening Tasks
Three gardening tasks to tackle this month to get ready for fall Here are the major tasks to tackle in July. Mow your strawberries Strawberries season was short this year, but now that it’s over, you can put your bed to bed. With strawberries, you can run your lawnmower over them to give them the…
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Stink Bugs
What To Do BEFORE They Devour Fruit Trees & Gardens Brown marmorated stink bugs are on the move in gardens in Connecticut, though you may see the damage left behind by the shield-shapped menace until July or August. Stink bugs’ preferred diet comes from fruit orchards, ornamental trees and garden vegetables like tomatoes, peppers and…
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Use Your Local Extension Office
Everything You Should Be Using Your Local Extension Office for (but Aren’t) Get expert information on gardening, food, conservation, urban agricullture, rabbit-raising, and more. If you grew up on a farm, participated in 40H,, or wenet to a land-grant university, you are probably already aware of what a rich resource your county extension office is…
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Heat-Tolerant Plants
Choose from these top heat-tolerant plants for your summer flower garden. Blanket Flower: The brilliant hues of the native North American blanket flower have a place in any garden. Blanket flower thrives in full sun and well-drained soil. Celosia: These fiery, heat-tolerant plants thrive in scorching summer weather. It will grow well in a wide…
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Use Coffee Grounds
4 Ways to Use Coffee Grounds in the Garden Once you’ve enjoyed your morning brew, consider putting the coffee grounds in your garden. These four ideas for recycling coffee grounds keep a valuable resource out of the landfill and your precious plants will reap the benefits. 1. Add Coffee Grounds to Compost Dump the daily…