I want to start out that I am not an expert when it comes solely to poison ivy. However, I thought a few reminders would be good as this common plant can be quite the pain. Poison ivy has leaves of three, and little roots that come out of the vines. A couple of sayings that can help to identify poison ivy while out and about are: “Leaves of three,…
Read MorePreparing for Spring
We are now in the middle of March. The vast majority of winter is behind us, but it is only March, there could be more to come. However, let’s not think about that. We should be preparing for spring. There are some projects that are going to need to be done once spring is fully here. Damage from snow plowing activities is one of the first thing that everyone sees…
Read MoreNot so Wild about Violets
Wild violets in a yard can be an unsightly situation. But how do you take care of them? Controlling wild violets is not as easy as you might think. During the summer months, wild violets have a thick coating on their leaves that stop herbicides from entering the plant. This is not the end of the story. For a very short while in the fall, when the wild violets are…
Read MoreFall Weeding
Pulling weeds seems to be a job that never ends. And it might be that way, but an unweeded landscape looks out of control and unmaintained. Fall weeding is a good project to help to lessen the weed pressure for the coming spring season. Now you are probably thinking that why don’t I wait until the first frost, the weeds will die and my landscape will be weed free. It…
Read MoreStringy Grass
This is a problem in some lawns, you have the type of grass pictured, that when you cut it, it appears to be very stringy and does not cut that well. Which means that it sticks out from the rest of your lawn and does not look good. This stringy grass is a landscape plant that is now a weed in your lawn. This stringy grass is fountain grass. The…
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