LandscapExperts Tip of the Week, August 26

September 1 is the target date for sowing Fescue grass seed. If Crabapple isn't reseeding for you, and you just need to reseed a small area, make a shaker to spread seed evenly.

Use a clean can and punch holes in it with a nail and hammer or an ice pick, making a "giant size seed shaker". This will help the seed to fall more evenly than being cast by hand.

LandscapExperts Tip of the Week, August 19

Make a free, square compost bin out of discarded wooden pallets used by forklifts.Stand four pallets on end in a square and wire them together. Toss late summer garden clippings and refuse into the bin. When full it is easy to disassembled and move.

LandscapExperts Tip of the Week, August 12

Edge gravel paths with landscape pavers or bricks to keep the gravel in place. Broken or cut pavers can be recycled by placing their flat edges up and burying the irregular or cut sides. Carrying through the materials used in different parts of the landscape will unify the overall landscape.

LandscapExperts Tip of the Week, August 5

Painful insect bites and stings can be neutralized using meat tenderizer. It contains the enzyme papain, derived from the papaya. 

Moisten the sting or injured area and sprinkle on the granular tenderizing powder, (the plain variety works best). By the next day the sting hardly will be hardly noticeable. Keep a bottle of meat tenderizer in the  gardening bucket for quick and handy application when needed. .