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 MoreGrowing Grass, Raising Children
Planting grass is like raising a child. Wait, what?!? It is true. Both take a lot of time, patience, and energy. But both can be done. Here are a few similarities between growing grass from seed, and raising a child. Grass takes a while to before it sprouts out of the ground. Just like a mother when she is pregnant. Some common species on grass that is planted here in…
Read MoreRound Up Damage
Weeds, they are very opportunistic. If they find a place to grow, they will take it. Many times it is not where we want any plant, desired or weed, to grow. So what do we do? We control the weed with a Round Up-like product. Excellent, but…sometimes things do not go as planned, and we plan kill more than we want with the Round Up…round up damage, bummer. Many times…
Read MoreComposting
Composting, it is good for the environment by eliminating waste. Composting is just recycling for your lawn and landscape. You won’t be able to recycle your plastic bottles and glass jars, but you can recycle your grass and plant clippings, leaves, food scraps, and other organic matter. Composting is an excellent way to return nutrients back to the soil. And most of the time, the material used to create compost…
Read MoreFourth of July 2015
Happy Fourth of July! As we celebrate the birthday of our nation, we can’t help but be grateful for our freedom. Have a fun and safe Fourth of July weekend.
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