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Fall Colors
Although bright red maples and glowing orange sugar maples are what’s referred to as “peak” color, the more subtle hues wax and wane throughout the season.
Fall Perennial Pruning
Fall is the time to prepare the perennials for winter.
Houseplant Bug Problems
Bugs have few natural indoor predators. It’s here that their populations explode and cause real harm to our houseplants.
How Gardens Grow
One of the joys of summer is making time to read technical journals and publications that pile up on the floor that have been saved for these less hectic, lazy days to get new understandings of how gardens grow.
In Pursuit of the Perfect Lawn
A perfect lawn depends on constant care…regular mowing, fertilizer, water, monitoring, maybe chemicals and lots of tough love.
Insulating Old Homes: Blow-In Insulation Options
You can’t cram the pink stuff into a closed wall. However, blown- or sprayed-in insulation can make a leaky old home an energy miser. Fiberglass, cellulose, and foam can all keep the cold at bay.
Invite Birds to Your Garden
Ideally, bird plantings should be a blend of trees, shrubs, vines and flowers that provide food over a long period.
Japanese Beetle Grubs
Lawn insects are a problem, none more so than Japanese Beetles.
Laminate Floor Basics
Is it real or is it laminate? While it mimics the look of wood, laminate floors resist dents, scuffs, and stains that can mar hardwood surfaces. A durable, easy to install, and relatively inexpensive flooring material, laminates can be used in any room in the home.
Maintaining Common Flowers
Simple tips to keep some common favorites beautiful and healthy.
How to Make a Christmas Garland
By using what is in the garden, one can make fine Christmas decorations.
How to Make a Christmas Wreath
Circular wreaths can be made easily from overgrown vines.
How to Force Buds to Open
Make spring come early by forcing branches on flowering trees.
Mesclun
Grow your own mesclun salad green indoors or out.
Mowing Lawns Efficiently
Both a fine art and a science.
Houseplant Blights
When houseplants get sick and it’s not insects, we may say they have blights.
Growing Peas
To plant or not to plant…the peas? When is the question.
Feeding Birds
Who eats what in this feathered kingdom.
Find the Right Contractor
Whether you’re planning an addition for a growing family or simply getting new storm windows, finding a competent and reliable contractor is the first step to a successful and satisfying home improvement project.
Five Easy Roses
While it’s true that some rose varieties require extra effort to grow their best, there are others that are as carefree as many other popular garden shrubs.
Flowering Bulbs
Fall is for planting bulbs. Their flowers are the harbingers of spring and one can never have enough of them.
Forcing Bulbs
What to do with those leftover bulbs.
Gardening in Big Flowerpots
Fill large flowerpots with a glorious assortment of annuals for a colorful, easy to maintain container garden.
Gardening Made Easy
A few simple strategies to make your garden less labor intensive.
Gardening With Kids: Theme Gardens
Planning a garden around a theme, such as a fairyland or outer space, allows kids to create a growing space that means something special to them.
Gardening with Perennials: Choosing Plants
A few ideas to keep in mind when you’re planning your gardens and choosing plants.
Gardening with Perennials: Designing with Color
The great thing about flowers is that you really can’t go wrong with them. Even if a perennial bed doesn’t turn out exactly like what you envisioned, chances are it’s going to be attractive.
Gardening with Perennials: Gardens with Style
Choosing a garden style is a little like getting dressed.
Gardening with Perennials: Getting Started
Whether you’re a new gardener planning your first perennial bed, or an experienced gardener hoping to improve your existing plantings, we can help make your garden a success.
Gardening with Perennials: Ornamental Grasses
Long relegated exclusively to lawns, grasses are now becoming the darlings of the perennial garden.
