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If you haven't already, I highly recommend that you dive in and get started, but first, here's a checklist of items that you'll want to have on hand: First and foremost, you'll want to stay safe during your tree-trimming project, and safety goggles are...

Do you find yourself a bit blue when the gardening season ends? Do you actually mourn its passing? If so, you?re not alone. Over the years, many gardeners who live in areas with distinct seasons have written and spoken about their melancholic moods during...

I usually leave enormous trunks of felled trees to decompose in situ , where they become habitat to detritus feeders, like pillbugs and beetles, as well as creatures like solitary bees and wasps.

The remaining tree trunk can be then be set aside for mulching. Branches In The Garden The branches from your Christmas tree can be put to use in the garden, protecting cold sensitive overwintering perennials.

Listen carefully and compare the responses.If the arborist suggests removing a living tree, question him or her carefully about this reasoning. You often get the level of experience you pay for.

The secret to getting blooms to look right is to cut them at the correct time: wait until they are past the peak of their color before cutting them.After cutting, strip off the leaves and place into a vase without water and leave to dry.

When it's too cold to venture out, the coffee grounds end up around my houseplants.Don't limit yourself to your own used grounds. I could break them down and put them out for pickup with the rest of the recycling.

They're great for up to a couple acres of garden or lawn, 15 acres of hay and 10 acres of brush-mowing. A true walk-behind tractor shares the same durable, high-quality design one would expect in a traditional tractor: all-gear drive, automotive-style...

A handful of smoking methods are popular, but the easiest is probably in a home smoker Apple-wood-smoked bacon (cold-smoked) is probably the most popular meat used with apple trees.Apples provide a surprisingly large number of health or medicinal benefits,...

What I am going to do is explain the difference between soil amendments and fertilizers and explain a little bit about soil structure and how to improve it.Tiny particles of rock and minerals make up 90% of most soils; the size of these particles is what...

For the same reason, if you want to cut branches for forcing, you should wait until January or February, depending on your zone, so that the buds will be ready to open. Most people know that you should prune fruit trees when they are dormant, from the...

By the time spring arrives the bagged leaves have begun to decompose and I have a fresh supply of mulch for my spring planting.Leaves from trees with leaf diseases such as apple scab, anthracnose, or leaf spot should be removed or destroyed to prevent...

Using a tasty peanut butter suet mixture to hold the seed mix onto your wound vine wreath, you will have given your fine feathered friends a tasty treat that will last for many winter days.Here is my peanut butter/suet/seed recipe, but I think most any...

The kids love to add a lot of silly along with the serious, proclaiming gratitude for pig snouts and chicken butts. Quite often, in the months leading up to Thanksgiving, we establish a new commonplace book or thankful jar dedicated to recording what...

Tradd uses king stropharia ( Stropharia rugos-annulata ) mushroom spore, added to the hardwood chips (not pine chips) to break down the chicken poop. Of course, the hens don't eat the wood chips, but they do consume the soil-based critters that eat the...

For lighter work, like foraging or canning, simple finger foods and appetizers may be all you need, but if the job is longer and more labor-intensive, such as building fences or baling hay, plan on serving a meal.

Some states have regional watershed coordinators, and they can work with you to understand the impact your projects will have downstream, and who is upstream from you and impacting your water quality.

If you have a lot of trees and shrubs to plant, consider a post-hole auger. Depending on your situation, you might get by without four-wheel drive, but the added utility makes it a highly desirable feature.

Overall engine maintenance is generally low, but when the time comes to replace the batteries, expect to pay in the neighborhood of $500, as all will need to be replaced. Gasoline is readily available, the engines are relatively easy to repair, not to...