With all the varieties of fertilizer available, it can be daunting to understand which one works best for your particular garden needs....

When the soil in your garden beds finally dries out a bit, top dress the area with organic matter in preparation for planting. Try not to...

Previously I had posted about traditional fertilizers so this week the topic turns to organic fertilizers. Whereas traditional...

Fertilize your shrubs, evergreens, and perennials Cut back liriope To minimize weeds in flower beds, apply Preen or corn gluten To...

March is the best time to prune the following shrubs: Arborvitae Aucuba Bayberry Beautyberry Boxwood Butterfly-bush Camellia, Sasanqua...

Late February is the perfect time to start pruning rose shrubs. It is advisable to prune to approximately knee high (18") to 24". Prune...

February is the best time to prune the following shrubs: Abelia Arborvitae Aucuba Beautyberry Boxwood Butterfly-bush Chastetree...

With the East Coast wrapped in snow and ice here are a few preventative maintenance : Brush heavy snow from evergreens like Boxwood,...

It's quite east to recycle your Fall heirloom pumpkins into Winter snowmen. First, ensure you purchase pumpkins that fulfill the snowman requirements for a bottom, middle, and head. Second but optionally, attach the three pumpkins together with sticks, or in our case chopsticks. Third, spray paint the pumpkins white. Fourth, decorate as desired. Viola, your pumpkin snowman.

Some may find it daunting to create a Winter masterpiece in their existing summer containers or urns, but I can tell you that it is not a...