How to take care of your garden. In this category we will be looking into garden animals, constructions, fences, gates, grass, hedges, manure, patios, planting, plants, ponds, recycle, seeds, slabs, structures and weeds.
As your mother always told you, carrots are good for you – chock-full of fiber and vitamins. They’re beautiful too, with lacy, fernlike foliage that’s perfect for containers and flower…
Potatoes are tubers, enlarged stems filled with nutrients for the plant developing above ground. If you harvest potatoes before the tubers’ supply of nourishment is all spent, you get to…
Potato scab is caused by bacteria that infect the potato and cause parts of the vegetable to turn from a delicious vegetable into a dry, corky substance that looks unpleasant…
If there were a Comfort Food Hall of Fame, the potato would be a star attraction. This much-loved tuber favors cool growing seasons, but if you choose varieties and planting…
Planting in the winter is more limited than in warmer seasons. It’s possible to plant flowers in early winter as long as the ground hasn’t frozen yet, or in late…
Interlocking bricks are often used to create beautiful paved surfaces, strong enough to support most residential vehicle traffic while offering a patterned look that stands out from the dull gray…
The concrete pavement in a driveway, walkway or patio can break and lift when the ground settles or roots from trees dislodge it. This can cause uneven pavement that is…
Underground drainage systems for a house guttering system provides a two-fold advantage for the homeowner. It removes water from the roof to the street or local drainage ditches. This will…
Planting in your winter garden should include as many species of plants as possible that can survive, and even thrive, throughout the winter months, including vegetables. It seems natural to associate…
Tree root horror stories–most of us have heard one. Trees breaking into pipes, drains, lifting house foundations, cracking paving and splitting open house walls. It does happen when trees that…