Every gardener knows how pesky weeds can be. Dandelions, crabgrass and many other weeds can accumulate quite quickly, too, especially if you don’t regularly weed your yard and garden. According to an article on doityourself.com, “Mankind has been battling weeds ever since we first began cultivating the land.” Some gardeners prefer weeding by hand because ...
Pine needles are beneficial to the soil, especially when combined with acid-loving shrubs and plants, but sometimes pine needles become overwhelming. They can literally bury grass and foliage, but there are a number of easy and valuable ways to get rid of and use them to benefit gardens, flowerbeds, and landscaping. Consider the following ways ...
Anyone with a house and a yard may come to dread the horrid spots of dead grass that happens to conveniently appear out of nowhere. Even in an attempt to maintain a beautiful lawn, these brown spots can appear due to several factors such as a lack of water, too much water, insects, over fertilization ...
Growing vegetables in a square-foot garden gives control over the soil composition, uses less water than in-ground planting, and provides for effective weed control. A garden can consist of a four-foot by four-foot frame and yet yield plenty of vegetables during a growing season. Benefits of Square Foot Gardening in Southern California In Pasadena, California, ...
Do the weeds in your yard seem to spread more quickly every year? Do you spend money on weed killers that don’t work as well as they should? I don’t like to use harmful chemicals to kill weeds when various household products will do the trick. They are safe to use, and can be quite ...
Every year many homeowners go out of their way to make sure they will have a full lush lawn for the summer. They want to be free of dandelions and be the envy of every neighbor on the block. To get to this point, the lawn will undergo applications of weed killer, pesticides, and fertilizers. ...
Keeping that lawn beautiful is not just about cutting the grass. Wind, foot traffic, birds and other animals bring the seeds for weeds into your lawn and there just isn’t any security force available against those dastardly seeds. So we just must resort to a constant and vigilant war against the weeds. Here are some ...
Weeds spoil the look of a lush green lawn, but with care you can keep your lawn free from unsightly weeds using a range of natural preventative measures. What are lawn weeds? Any plant that competes with grass originally established to create a lawn can be considered a weed. Sometimes, flowering annuals that self-seed freely ...
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