watering

What a surprise to wake up to accumulated snow after Tuesday’s 80 degree weather. We know you may be concerned with your landscape and watering so we hope to address some of those questions. Right now we have snow and colder temps but are not in fear of freezing. Your plants may show some shock…

Collecting Rainwater is something we are seeing more people interested in, however they don’t always understand how much water is being produced. This 6×6 area of roof collected over 18 gallons from yesterdays 2″ rain! Now imagine a larger section of roof vs a 40-55 gal barrel- it can fill very quickly, then where does…

So I almost titled this “beautiful weekend for yard work” but then realized it might not quite grab your attention if I talked about the work right away…but I will anyway. This weekend we are still awaiting rain, we have drought with out a doubt, meaning our landscape needs even more attention right now. Here…

Its State Fair time, the great time of year when summer is coming to a close and school will start again!  In addtion to a bunch of  lifestyle changes it also is a time of seasonal change in the landscape.  Here are 3 things you should be doing now in your landscape: Lightly trim ( for tidiness)…

We have had quite a crazy season here this year so far.  The weather is not quite as I thought I would, or should be.  Not to say that I don’t like the warm, because I do enjoy warm days and not having to bundle up.   But to see this all from the plants perspective does make…

As the warm weather here stretches out in to October many people are more willing to play “clean up” in their landscape (compared to when the weather is cold or rainy and we just hide from it)  and yet some of this beautiful weather can make it hard to know what to do with the plants.…

New and old landscapes alike are in need of watering right now…we just have not had sufficient precipitation to make a difference.  But how do you know how much you need to give them? The genral  rule of thumb for watering is 1″ per week for lawns.  Now that doesn’t mean you just dump an…

I know, over the weekend we just got inches upon inches of rain to the point there were flash floods, and today it was sticky, hot and humid…so it doesn’t seem like you would need to water your landscape. Not always true! Sure if you have an established shaded landscape it could be fine for…