Landscaping – Managing Wildlife Destruction

By gardener | Oct 26, 2009

Landscaping – Managing Wildlife Destruction
Your trees, shrubs and flowers often look like a free lunch to wildlife. Rabbits love to munch on clover and other grasses, as well as certain kinds of flowers. Deer love fruit and certain kinds of shrubbery. Moose will feed on the large and small branches of apple and other trees. [...]

Landscaping – Managing Weeds

By gardener | Oct 21, 2009

Landscaping – Managing Weeds
Observe that the title does not say ‘Eliminate Weeds Forever’. Don’t we wish? But like any problem, weeds can often be brought down to manageable proportions.
The first step is to start with as free a plot as possible.
That means, if you’re planting a new lawn you should take steps to start the [...]

Landscaping – Managing Insects

By gardener | Oct 12, 2009

Landscaping – Managing Insects
Keeping destructive insects to a minimum is now easier than ever. Thanks to innovative biologists and chemists, there are a dozen safe ways to control damaging insects.
The first step is to correctly identify what kind of insects you have or are likely to get. There are thousands of common species, but typically [...]

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