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Essential Tips for Protecting Shrubs from Winter Damage

As the temperatures drop and winter settles in, it’s important to prepare your garden for the cold season, especially when it comes to protecting your shrubs. Harsh winter conditions—such as freezing temperatures, snow, ice, and strong winds—can lead to significant damage, leaving shrubs vulnerable...

How to Revive Damaged Plants From Cold Temperatures

Tender tropical plants are exceptionally vulnerable to chilly winds, frosts and freezes, but cold temperatures don't have to be a death knell for sensitive flowers, trees or shrubs. By knowing how to properly revive damaged plants, it is possible to minimize damage and save your favorite tropical...

Preparing Your Garden for Winter

Winter is approaching, and you must prepare your garden so that it will be able to survive through the cold months, ready for the next gardening season. All plant types have unique requirements, so make sure you know exactly what each plant in your garden needs. For perennials, divide the spring...

Fall Gardening Tips: What to Plant and How to Prepare Your Garden for Winter

As the days grow shorter and the temperatures begin to cool, many gardeners think of winding down their gardening efforts. However, fall is an excellent time to both plant and prepare your garden for the coming winter. With the right strategies, you can enjoy a bountiful harvest well into the fall...

How and When to Can Summer Vegetables

A bountiful garden doesn’t have to be a source of delicious, nutritious food only while it is actively growing and ripening. If you plan how and when to can summer vegetables, you can enjoy all your produce throughout the year. Why Bother Canning? You don’t need a large garden or a commercial...

Summer Lawn Care

Summer is a fantastic season to enjoy your lawn, from relaxation and games to picnics and parties. No matter how you use your yard, however, you need to provide the best summer lawn care to keep your grass healthy and thriving under all of summer’s stresses. How Summer Stresses Lawns Summer might...

Embracing Native Plants: A Guide to Choosing and Caring for Local Flora

Native plants offer numerous benefits to our gardens and the environment. They are adapted to the local climate and soil conditions, making them easier to care for and more resilient to pests and diseases. Additionally, they provide vital habitats and food sources for local wildlife, including...

No Hummingbirds at Your Feeders? We Have Solutions!

Hummingbirds are some of the most desirable backyard birds, but if they aren't finding your backyard to their liking, there are many steps you can take to attract them to your feeders. Choose the Right Feeder Type There are two kinds of hummingbird feeders – reservoir styles with the nectar...

Creating a Tranquil Oasis: A Guide to Planning Your Shade Garden with Perennial Flowers

Shade gardens offer a serene retreat from the sun-drenched areas of your yard, providing a cool and tranquil space for relaxation and reflection. While many flowering plants thrive in full sunlight, there is a diverse array of perennials that flourish in shady conditions, bringing color, texture,...

How to Prepare Your Garden in Spring for a Great Summer

As daylight lengthens and temperatures warm, gardeners are always eager to get right into spring planting. If you look past the first flush of spring, however, you can take easy steps early in the season to give your garden a great summer. 10 Spring Steps for a Great Summer Garden It doesn’t...

May Garden Tips

Late spring is ideal for gardening, and while May can be warmer or cooler depending on where you live and what your general climate is like, these May garden tips can help you keep your flowerbeds, lawn, vegetable garden, and containers in peak condition for fabulous foliage, perfect plants, and...

April Gardening Tips

It’s almost that time of the year again. April is upon us and you know what that means. It’s time to break out your tools and go to work on your garden. As always, we were forced to wait for Mother Nature to keep up as Spring rolls around while snow may still be on the ground in some areas....

Springtime Wild Bird Care

Spring is a wonderful time of the year for bird lovers. The return of migratory birds and the increased activity of our resident feathered friends make it an exciting time to observe and care for wild birds. As the temperatures rise and the days grow longer, here are some wild bird care tips to...

Springing into Bloom: Essential Garden Care Tips

As the frost of winter retreats and the promise of spring looms, gardeners across the United States prepare to coax their gardens back to life. However, the diverse climates spanning the country mean that early spring garden care varies widely. In this blog, we'll explore universal garden care tips...

Choosing a Birdhouse

A birdhouse provides safe shelter and a protected nesting site for wild birds, but which house is best for which birds? Choosing a birdhouse with the birds’ needs in mind can help you select the perfect housing option for your favorite feathered families. Which Birds Use Houses? Not all birds are...

Winter Compost Options

Composting may slow as temperatures drop, but it doesn't need to stop even in freezing weather. By understanding your winter compost options and how to keep your compost active and thriving through the coldest months, you can have a fantastic supply of nutrient-rich compost ready and waiting for...

Winter WildBird Feeding 101

Late fall and winter provide a new set of challenges for our feathered friends. Most of the lush vegetation, full of berries and seeds, has withered away. In addition, most insects are either dead or dormant and the heavy snows will soon bury most natural sources of wild bird food. Not only will...

How to Keep Your Live Wreaths, Swags and Garlands Alive Through the Holidays

Live wreaths, swags and garlands can be amazing holiday decorations, brightening a room with their evergreen boughs and freshening air with their crisp, piney scents. But how can you keep this greenery fresh and vibrant as long as possible without wilting, drooping or decay? There are several...

Chill Chirps: Nurturing our Feathered Friends through Cooler Seasons

As the temperatures begin to drop and the leaves change color, it's a clear sign that cooler weather is approaching. Just as we make adjustments to adapt to the changing seasons, it's important to consider our feathered friends and provide them with the support they need during colder months. Here...

Bird Feeding Tips for Fall

As the last heat wave of summer fades, bird feeders are disappearing from backyards. Most bird lovers assume that as the weather cools and mass migration sweeps in, their beloved winged friends don't need human assistance in finding food; they can forage for it themselves. Be a wise lover of birds...

October Garden Ideas

Fall is in full force in October, and it is a great month to be active in the garden. From wrapping up the last harvests to winterizing the garden to awesome autumn fun, there are great ways to keep busy in the garden all month long. In October, it is time to… Plant Hardy Perennial Bulbs Sturdy...

Picking The Right Spot For Your Food Plot

Food plots are essential in the development of bigger and healthier animals. An average adult deer will consume approximately 6 pounds of feed per day. If you do the math over the course of a year, that’s over 2,000 pounds of feed per year per adult deer. However, the issue lies in the amount of...

Keeping Wild Birds Healthy

Bird enthusiasts enjoy watching birds eat and bathe in their backyards. Here are some important tips to help maintain healthy wild birds:• Keep feeders free from debris, droppings and old seed that has gotten wet and possibly moldy. Moldy seed can spread sickness and disease. Feeders should be...

Strategies and Tips for Hunting Whitetails

Deer hunting season is almost upon us. Many hunters are already visiting their local outdoor shop to pick up the essentials they will need to catch that prized buck near the end of the season. Before you head out into the woods seeking adventure and the glory of a buck to hang above your fireplace...

Rainwater Harvesting

I first discovered rainwater harvesting one summer a long time ago when I was still a teenager. I came home from summer football practice to find my father fiddling with a plastic barrel. I asked what it was for and he told me your mother wants to use rainwater for the gardens. My father installed...