Archive for October, 2011

Freak Snow Storms

Storm Damage…. With the early winter storm that occurred in the Northeast this week there are a lot of landscape related reverberations. These have to do first and foremost with safety, plant health, and long term planning for the future which may seem like something of a joke give the level of uncertainty many of [...]

Some Quick Fall Tips:

Starting to Close Down the Garden: Plant spring flowering bulbs: I know your mind is rapidly drifting indoors, but before you close the door on the garden altogether, plant some bulbs for next spring. They are inexpensive and worth the investment of time. Cut down stems and foliage of herbaceous perennials after two or three [...]

Naturizing Bulbs

Planting “Greener” Fall Bulbs: Fall is bulb planting time, but many bulbs though strong bloomers in the first year will peter out in the second and third. In carefully selecting and planting bulbs that naturalize to our climate, you can get greater value in planting bulbs that are considered more sustainable. None of the decorative [...]

When to Lime Your Lawn (& not)

Lime and What it’s For When I first started going to gatherings of local landscapers at association meetings back in the middle ages, I would listen to those older and more knowledgeable than myself in awe of their experience and knowledge. Pretty much every fall they would expound on how lawns had to be limed [...]