Listen to this podcast on how to use fallen leaves in your garden and landscape Fall is great for shuffling through a layers of dried, fallen leaves. I love the smell, sound, and feeling of the leaves underfoot. But leaves are also a great resource for your garden, lawn and yard. So, let’s look at […]
Category Archives: Lawns
How to Grow: Wet Weather Lawn Care
Listen to this podcast on how to care for your lawn organically during wet weather. It continues to be a cool, rainy spring. While our shrubs and trees are taking their time leafing out, nothing stops the lawn. It’s been growing a mile a minute and mowing is difficult with the soggy soils. So, it’s […]
How to Grow: Soil Testing
Listen to this podcast on how to take soil test. While fall is a time of garden cleanup and planting bulbs and garlic, it’s also a perfect time to test your soil. Soil testing is one of those good garden ideas that often gets forgotten. Testing your soil now has some advantages. There’s less […]
How to Grow: Spring Lawn Care
Learn what to do when this spring to care for your lawn. Listen to podcast: Ahh spring, the flowers are blooming, asparagus is growing, and, oh yes, the lawn needs mowing. While we all strive for a green, beautiful lawn with few weeds, home owners have varying degrees of lawn tolerance. Just take a look […]
How To Grow: Controlling Moles & Voles
Learn how to identify and control these pesky critters. Listen to podcast: What’s eating your lawn? Got holes? If your lawn looks like a war zone, there are many possible causes. Certainly skunks could be digging for grubs or your neighbor’s dog digging for fun, but if you see tunnels too, it’s time to […]
How to Grow: Fall Lawn Care
Learn how to care for your lawn in fall including information on fertilizing, reseeding and topdressing with compost. For more garden videos, check out the National Gardening Association Listen to Podcast: Podcast Transcript It covers more land than the states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Rhode Island combined. People spend more than 40 billion dollars […]