LandscapExperts Tip of the Week, September 16

Time to order spring-flowering bulbs to be planted in the next month or two. S-t-r-e-t-c-h the season by buying different types of Tulips or Daffodils that flower early, mid-season and late.

LandscapExperts Tip of the Week, Sept. 9

Quick and Economical Edging

For large projects a gas-powered edger is best, but for small edging jobs, use a nursery spade to create an sharp edge to a garden bed or separate a flower garden from the lawn.

Short-handled with a straight rectangular blade, a nursery spade makes straight vertical cuts. Avoid garden shovels with rounded backs and pointed tips in order to cut a straight line.

LandscapExperts Tip of the Week, September 2

Time to plan and plant the fall garden- pull out old tomato plants that have stopped bearing or have diseased leaves, turn the soil adding compost, and plant fall crops like cabbage or broccoli, arugula, beets, carrots, cilantro and soon pansies.

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. .