by Tom Watson | Jan 20, 2018 | Green & Growing
Search for: GREEN AND GROWING Erosion Control To control soil erosion, a gardener must think like an engineer. Erosion begins with rain falling from miles above the earth, hitting bare earth, and detaching soil particles. The detached soil particles are lifted and...
by Tom Watson | Dec 16, 2017 | Green & Growing
Search for: GREEN AND GROWING A Short, Sweet Guide to Pruning Many gardeners no sooner put their leaf blowers away than they yearn to bring out their pruning shears. This urge should be resisted until February. Even then, the would-be pruner should first answer this...
by Tom Watson | Dec 3, 2017 | Green & Growing, News
Search for: NEWS Cankerworm Attack – Fight Back! Fall cankerworm caterpillars attack in the April; now is the time to fight back. Looking like small green or brown inch worms, these creatures feed on the leaves of several species of popular deciduous trees, but...
by Tom Watson | Sep 30, 2017 | Green & Growing
Search for: GREEN AND GROWING Lawn Rejuvenation As the temperatures start to cool in August, many homeowners think of renovating their lawns. Most of us know in our bones that lawns soak up more labor, money, water and chemicals than any other aspect of our...
by Tom Watson | Aug 25, 2017 | Green & Growing
Search for: GREEN AND GROWING Consider Alternatives to Leyland Cypress as a Privacy Screen The Leyland Cypress, x Cupressocyparis leylandii, makes for a difficult screening plant. As indicated by the “x’ in its botanical name, Leyland Cypress is a hybrid, and, as is...
