Looking for a few tips and tricks to keep your fall bulbs safe from being dug up and ruined by hungry squirrels, chipmunks, mice, and other pests? Fall is the perfect time of year to get your favorite bulbs in the ground. Unfortunately, it’s also the time of year when squirrels and other ground dwelling …
If you want to enjoy a big splash of early spring color, then you need to be planting bulbs this fall! By putting in a little work in late autumn, you can be rewarded with a rainbow of colors that can bring amazing life to your landscape after a long, cold winter! Spring bulbs are …
Don’t throw those geraniums to the curb this fall – instead – save them indoors this winter to grow and bloom again next spring, summer and fall! Although geraniums are often thought of as an annual, they are actually a perennial plant in climates with warmer winters. And much as is the case with ferns, …
Zinnias are one of the most beautiful, low maintenance and inexpensive annual flowers to grow – especially when you consider how easy it is to save zinnia seeds from existing plants to grow again and again, year after year for free! Zinnias are an incredibly bold and colorful annual plant. Full of texture and blooms at …
Looking for few simple ways to compost and reuse your old and depleted hanging basket soil and plants this fall? Not only does composting help keep these items out of landfills, it can also leave you with some amazing power-charged soil to use again next spring and summer! As fall arrives, many of the potted …
Looking for ways to replant and bring your overgrown and scraggly hanging basket plants back to life? Now that summer is in full swing, you might notice that your hanging basket plants are starting to look less than stellar. Those once thriving and beautiful plants are likely now filled with brittle and overgrown foliage. While …
There is no better way to keep your zinnias looking beautiful and blooming all summer long that to deadhead them on a regular basis. Not only will this simple task leave your plants looking better in the short term, it will also keep them in a constant supply of gorgeous blooms! Zinnias are annual plants …
Compost tea is one of the best ways to fertilize your flowers – not only giving you amazing plants with incredible blooms, but doing so naturally. Even better, it can be extremely inexpensive to make. In fact, if you have your own compost pile, you can make it for free! Compost tea is a power-packed …
One of the best ways of all to take the guesswork out of how to know when to water your vegetable and flower plants is by using a simple, inexpensive moisture meter. In fact, once you own one of these amazing little tools, you will wonder how you ever lived without it! Giving plants the …
Are you looking to rejuvenate and bring your tired and worn out geraniums back to life? Geraniums are prized for their gorgeous blooms that can fill multiple stems at once. Their bright foliage and flowers are wonderful for bringing big interest to hanging baskets, containers, window boxes, and flowerbeds. Well, that is – when they …