To thrive in summer, lawns need water every week. When you water, imitate a slow, soaking rain. This allows the water to penetrate deep and the roots will grow down, away from the heat and drought at the surface. When you water,...
Read MoreIs there anything better than summer? Between the fresh fruits and vegetables that abound at our local produce stands to the wonderfully long stretches of daylight, I am pretty sure there is nothing better than summer. One of...
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In the movie, “Dennis the Menace,” Walter Matthaus Mr. Wilson gathers his garden club for an...
Read MoreAll winter my family feeds our variety of backyard birds, taking care to stick out peanuts for our Blue Jays and gathering round the window when our little woodpecker comes to dangle off the feeder. It all changes come April...
Read MoreHaving a pristine lawn — an enviable lush, green, monolithic, manicured carpet of sod or turf grass — has long defined homeowner pride and curb appeal. How this ideal took hold on the American homefront has been the subject of...
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