Should I Alternate Directions Each Time I Mow?
Read about why you absolutely should change up the route each time you mow. And, get tips on the best mowing patterns for your machine.
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ENQUIRING MINDS WANT TO PLANT!
Knowledge and resources about plants and planting are so vast they can be overwhelming. The best approach is to take advantage of information based on your areas of interest and then seek the guidance of a plant professional. Your local nursery or garden center has inspired people ready to offer advice.
LEARN, ASK, PLANT!
Best Low Pollen Trees
Take a look at these best low pollen trees and find some relief so you can enjoy the outdoors again.
10 Easy Foundation Plants for the Front of Your House
Some people have plenty of time to tinker around in their garden until their heart’s content, but if that doesn’t describe you, you are going to find this list super handy.
12 Underutilized Landscape Plants
Many gardeners, including me, love to have flower beds bursting with color all season long. As you might guess, there are thousands of annuals, perennials, and shrubs available to plant in your garden.
The Best Flowering Trees for Small Spaces
Each spring, we look forward to the sight of trees loaded with delicate blossoms. There’s a reason people travel from all over the world for cherry blossom, or sakura, season in Japan.
Selecting Plants for a Pollinator Garden
Butterflies, birds, bees, bats, and beetles are pollinators. They transfer pollen to fertilize plants.
Boxwood Looking Battered?
Based on the mind-blowing number of boxwood samples that arrive daily at our Wilmette store and are being seen by our landscape team, there’s a big, post-winter problem. The damage is largely attributable to two things- an insect (Boxwood leafminer) and record-breaking low winter temperatures.
Don’t grow distant from your garden!
Free time on your hands? Avoiding social spaces, but need some time outside? Consider a few gardening tasks that can be accomplished in the next couple of weeks!
Caring for your Spring Bulbs
Fertilize your spring flowering bulbs with a slower-releasing granular of one to two pounds of 10-10-10 per 100 square feet when shoots first appear in spring and ideally four to six weeks before bloom.
Weed Now, or Forever Hold Your Peace
Mammoth dandelions, carpets of Creeping Charlie and a smattering of lambsquarters, purslane and foxtail are flourishing while we stay in our homes during the rainy spring. Weeds can be a conundrum for most gardeners and may even cause some to throw in the trowel.
