How To’s

End of Season Gardening Checklist

As the gardening season winds down, it's time to prepare your garden for the transition to fall. This gardening checklist will help you tackle essential late-season tasks to ensure your plants thrive through winter and [...]

September 2, 2025|

Pest Control in the Garden

Beetles, Slugs, and Powdery Mildew, Oh My! Pest and disease control in the garden can be a very difficult and frustrating task for many people. There is nothing worse than seeing a problem arise on your favorite plant [...]

July 25, 2024|

How to Plant a Pollinator Garden

Planting for Pollinators: A Garden that Gives Back If you’re looking for a garden that’s not only beautiful but meaningful, planting for pollinators is the way to go. Bees, butterflies, moths, beetles, hummingbirds—they all play a vital role in [...]

June 19, 2023|

Improving your Soil with Compost

When should I add compost? If you have flower or veggie gardens that haven’t been producing strong plants with great foliage, prolific flowers, or good harvests, then it may be time to amend your soil with compost from [...]

May 3, 2022|

What Kind of Sun Does my Yard Get?

Four Basic Types of Sun Exposure Learning how to decipher the terminology on plant tags can be a challenge and translating it into choices that work for your yard can prove just as hard.  When it comes to the amount [...]

June 8, 2020|

Spring Garden Cleanup

Prepare the Way Spring garden cleanup can be one of the most satisfying parts of any home landscaper's journey. After a long winter and an early brown spring, we are ready to shed the 'ugh' and tidy up outside! While it’s often [...]

April 6, 2020|

Could you get paid to start a Bee Lawn?

If you've spent any time on the internet you've probably picked up on the fact that our Bees aren't doing well. In fact many pollinator species aren't thriving the way our environment and agricultural systems depend on them to do. [...]

March 11, 2020|

Amaryllis Care: The Secret to Rebloom

Amaryllis bulbs are known for their simple beauty and for the joy of the big reveal... We bring the humble bulbs into our homes and a few days later we get to behold the splendor of their big blooms. And [...]

January 29, 2020|

Tackle Fall Mole Troubles

You may have made it all summer without too much trouble but fall has brought a maze of grassy mounds around the yard. Many customers have been in looking for ways to fight the moles trying to do serious damage [...]

September 19, 2019|