If you have a pond in your yard, you have noticed it beginning to wake up. The fish are moving, the perennial plants are beginning to sprout, and maybe the water has turned brackish with water borne algae. Yech! Our pond is about 30 feet in diameter and 6 feet deep. This is the second pond in our life, and …
Time To Fertilize The Lawn: Caution
I mentioned last week that it is time to get started with fertilizing your lawn in order to get ahead of the weeds and bugs. However, I failed to mention MOSS. Scotts fertilizer with moss control works very well on my lawn. The word of caution is that you take the steps necessary to make sure this fertilizer doesn’t end …
How To Get That Beautiful Green Lawn? Conserve
I am not an expert, but I’ve learned a few things about lawn care over the years, especially now that I am mowing about 1.5 acres about every 5 days during the height of growing season. My older Brother told me something interesting a few years ago: compared to our British counterparts, Americans tend to over-water and under-fertilize their lawns. …
When and How to Transplant Trees
If you have trees that should be moved because they are either getting too large for their location or too close to your house, now is the time to start planning that move. It should happen within the next two months according to a paper from Washington State University. We have about a dozen trees that need to be moved …