When planning your landscaping endeavors, using large rocks and boulders can add a natural textural element to your yard or garden. Using eye-catching large stones or rocks can add an interesting element to your yard while being low-maintenance, durable, and organic, while serving a practical purpose. For example, large rocks can disguise or hide a …
Gardening
The threat of frost is behind most of us, and I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for some gorgeous spring weather because you know what that means: time to prep your soil for planting! I want to emphasize the importance of your soil when it comes to gardening. Consider it one of the …
Invasive plants are one of the most significant threats to biodiversity in parts of the country. These species proliferate and spread aggressively, competing against native plants for space, sunlight, water, and nutrients. In addition to degrading ecosystems, invasive plants can negatively affect the economy as they impact agriculture, outdoor recreation, and other sectors. The good …
Knowing how to prune hydrangeas is actually such an important part of keeping these beautiful plants gorgeous throughout their blooming season. Hydrangeas are often foundational shrubs commonly found in gardens. Their blooms are large, striking in color, and they can form an attractive feature in front of a home, a walkway, or any other landscape. …
There’s something about the way a sweet-smelling rose can stop you in your tracks, filling the air with fragrance and making even an ordinary day feel a little more romantic. If you’ve always dreamed of having a garden filled with blooms that delight your senses every time you step outside, you’ll need to plant a …
Whether it is the redbuds around Lake Michigan in late April, the saucer magnolias in Northern California in late April, or the American dogwoods that grace the South in early spring, chances are that there are some spring flowering trees that will do well near you. If you want your landscape trees to announce the …
Gardening offers a ton of benefits—from melting away stress to having fresh, healthy food right at your fingertips. But if your backyard feels like a lost cause due to poor soil conditions or minimal space, don’t give up hope just yet. Your dream garden might be closer (and easier) than you think. The solution? Raised …
Gardening is hard work; a true labor of love, dirt, and sweat. But there is something so rewarding when you step back and take a look at what you’ve achieved after weeks of watering and toiling in the dirt. It’s no wonder gardening is becoming a very popular hobby across the United States, with 55% of …
It’s thin and tall and almost never comes out by the root. Instead, it breaks off just below the soil surface and releases a pungent oniony odor that lingers on your hand. It’s onion grass. Tufts of onion grass grow taller than the rest of the lawn, and strands of it poke up through the …
Spring is in the air — quite literally, as the season is in full swing, and May flowers are upon us as per the age-old rhyme (April showers bring May flowers). We’re expecting a lot of plants to bloom in the coming weeks, and we want to marvel at them every chance we get outdoors. …