Showing posts with label landscaping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label landscaping. Show all posts
Growing Giant Sunflowers From Seeds
This spring I was given a bunch of giant sunflower seeds from a relative. They may be mammoth? I really don't know. All I now is they're taller than me and the flowers and seed heads are bigger than my head. Until I learn otherwise I'm just going to call them the Big-A** Sunflowers!
He told me a lot of the harvested seeds won't germinate so I should try to germinate a few and then plant which ones do grow into seedlings.
He told me a lot of the harvested seeds won't germinate so I should try to germinate a few and then plant which ones do grow into seedlings.
Spring Organic Lawn Clean-Up Checklist
This past winter was brutal with all the snow we got in the Northeast. April has started out cold as well and when it seemed like the weathe...
How To Draw A Landscape Plan With Sketchup
Having a landscape drawing allows you to quickly plan changes to your landscape as well as measure the square footage of your beds and law...
Organic Lawn Renovation - Soil Prep and Seeding
Days 9, 10 and 11 of my organic lawn renovation project were pretty tough. A lot of raking, digging and incorporating compost. I ran into...
Organic Lawn Renovation: The Plan
Because I was planning on killing and reseeding parts of my lawn last year I didn't take as good care of those areas as I should hav...
Ryobi 40V Cordless Blower Review
The leaf blower, an odd name considering I hardly ever use it to blow leaves. It's the last tool used after edging, mowing and trimmin...
Mowing My Black Beauty Desk Lawn
As you can see the Jonathan Green Black Beauty Grass I'm growing indoors in a container had gotten over 3" tall and was starting...
How To Treat Lawn Disease Organically
Is Using Cornmeal to Treat Lawn Disease a Myth? Not only does Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott consider the use of cornmeal as a fungicide...
Tools For Lawn Renovation
I've been wanting to completely renovate and reseed my lawn for a long time and I think either this year or next year I finally will. ...
Growing Grass Indoors: Germination
It's day 3 of my growing grass indoors project and I'm already seeing germination! Every night since I planted the Jonathan Gr...
You Don't Need Plastic Edging
I don't know what came over me but a few years ago I got it stuck in my head that I had to have plastic lawn edging. For some reason t...
Reconditioned Black & Decker Edger LE750R On Sale
I just noticed that the Reconditioned version of the Black & Decker Edger LE750 (LE750R) Edge Hog Landscape Edger is on sale at a big ...
Black & Decker LE750 Edge Hog Review
I previously discussed the differences between string trimmers and edgers and some of the various options I was considering. In the past ...
How To Build A Raised Garden Bed
Raised bed gardens don't exactly have much to do with lawn care but one thing that can help your lawn look better is to have it be part ...
Use Rain Gauges To Save Water
A rain gauge is a device you place in your garden to see how much rain has fallen on your landscape in a given period. There are simple rain...
String Trimmer vs Edger
You know the old adage, use the right tool for the right job . Well that definitely applies here. Just like it's possible to drive a n...
Removing Ground Ivy From Lawns
Ground Ivy, also known as creeping charlie can be a terrible nuisance in a lawn that is difficult to kill. There are two ways to kill gr...
Why You NEED a Reel Mower
There are a lot of good reasons to use reel mowers but there's always one time I really wish I had a reel mower. When overseeding . Yo...
Realtime Landscape Architect
I was hoping to find some free sprinkler design software to help plan out a sprinkler system I want to install but never seem to get around ...
Does Superthrive work?
I ran across a product called Superthrive that is marketed as a "Science Miracle" and "completely organic." What caugh...