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13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard

13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard For most people, the end of summer and approach of autumn means cooler temperatures, harvest time for crops, a

11 Trees You Should Never Plant in Your Yard: 1. Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

Don’t plant bad trees that will cost you time and money later. These tips will help you make the right tree choices for your yard.

Tips to Help Maximize Greenhouse Space

Cathy Isom has some tips to help you maximize greenhouse space. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The benefits of having a greenhouse...

How to Calculate Cubic Yards

What is a cubic yard, exactly? Learn how to measure cubic yards with our guide to calculating the volume of dumpsters and your debris.

How To Divide Perennial Plants In The South

This article provides general tips for how and when to divide many perennial plants in the South

DIY Holiday Bird Feeder

One of my favorite things to do on a lazy Saturday afternoon is to sit by the window with a cup of tea and watch the birds. Recently, my oldest daughter helped me make these festive pine cone bird feeders to encourage our feathered friends to visit more often. And because it’s the holiday season, we adorned our bird fe

The 10 Worst Invasive Plants to Watch Out for in Your Region

Landscape design and maintenance methods yield better results with less work

Good landscape design will enhance your home, reduce your work, and provide what you need in the public, private and service areas of your home. Good design in the public areas should look good all year, call attention to the front door and provide easy access to the home. Well-designed private areas provide a retreat where homeowners can rest, relax and enjoy the atmosphere. Private areas can be creative, easy and fun and laced with color, art, water, birds and butterflies or play…

Video: Two Things In-plants Need for Survival

Howie Fenton interviews RSA about the two-pronged approach in-plants need to survive. Reducing print production costs and building more value-added products and services to offset the decline of traditional products are the two things in-plant print centers need to do to remain competitive and use the balanced scorecard approach.

Mould glory: the rotten heart of gardening

One of nature’s great gifts to gardeners is a simple free way to lavish love on your plants

Providing a Full Range of Commercial Landscape Maintenance Services

We provide commercial landscape maintenance: spring - fall cleanups, starting up and winterizing your irrigation systems, complete snow management, more.

In the Garden: Topping is not the answer for trees growing in the wrong place

You have probably heard the adage: Right Tree, Right Place. Sometimes trees are not growing in the right place.

Eversource tree maintenance to help lessen weather impacts

Eversource is investing $15 million in tree trimming and hazardous tree removal along more than 850 miles of overhead lines throughout western Massachusetts.

Fall maintenance tips for drought-stricken lawns

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- This summer’s exceptionally dry weather has left many Virginia lawns looking brown. While cool-season turfgrasses (such as Kentucky bluegrass or tall fescue)...

Dan’s Garden: Saving your lawn

You know it was really a dry summer last year and it’s been a dry this year.

How to Repair your Lawn

Vacuum the pebbles : Gravel and sand hinder grass growth, so vacuum them up. Vacuum the yard until you no longer hear stones getting su...

Simple Ideas for Taking Care of a Big Yard

A big yard can turn quickly from an appealing asset on purchase to an overwhelming maintenance burden. Taking a systematic approach to managing your large property can make the difference between ...