What Is A Hedge Trimmer

I encourage you to read herto understand phosphorous. How much area do you want to cover on the TOP of the wall too? How tall is the wall or how far down do you hope things will trail?

Critterologist wrote a wonderful article about ornamental sweet potatoes that is quite informative and you can read itRemember, if you have a gardening question that you would like to suggest for this feature, post it.

If you're on the eastern end of New York State, it may be middle October (mine is late October). Most questions are answered promptly and with sound advice. Let's leave those for the more southern gardeners.

A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one another. Our writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming Ask-a-Gardener, one of...

However, you are from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the average first frost for your area is October 20, which makes October planting risky at best. However, all experts agree that stress is the main factor in early color.answers: In many parts of North America,...

Butterflies also visit certain plants and trees to lay eggs. However, there seems no way to guarantee that bees won't visit the flowers in your butterfly garden.Here are a few suggestions based on what I've read:Grow plants as butterfly larval food sources...

A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one another. Answers: The term ‘winter protection' means to give your plant just a little help to survive a harsh winter.

If you'll clean the hip material off of your seeds, you should be fine. Some of the plants are new so they're still small, others have just been harvested for the last time, or they're annuals killed by the last cold snap.For more information on how to...

Our writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming Ask-a-Gardener, one of our Saturday morning features. Either with scissors, pruning shears or just by breaking them off (jade is usually crisp enough that it will...

(I'm not big on anything harsh and the least poison I can use, the better) Do this a couple of times over the next 10 days to 2 weeks. No way to permanently get rid of them other than keep plants in a greenhouse in which you spray regularly.

Should I give up on it, or what should I do? Thank you."Hello...I plan on planting this palm from a 15 gallon container over our sewer line about 15 feet away from our house. The sewer line is rather new (about 6 years old) and made of plastic and not...

If you like to personally hunt your enemy, a flashlight and salt shaker are your best weapons. Sometimes a lack of bees in the area results in poor pollination. They are blooming now, but all of a sudden for the first time ever, I see dime size holes...

Mix a good fertilizer "bulb food" into the soil, and compost if you have it. Just use one good treatment at this time then stop. Then replant the bulbs at least six inches apart each way.

Some of these sheets are 3 or 4 feet across and are perfect for wrapping pots and plants. And you need to watch the temps while they are still outside.If you want to keep them in an unheated garage, it will be OK as long as it's not a deep freeze outside...

Go Gardening lists nurseries , botanical gardens, farmers markets, U-pick farms, pumpkin patches, CSA's, display gardens and Christmas Tree farms.We encourage gardeners to review their favorites and if you don't find it listed, let us know and we'll be...

Luckily, I was able to design a plan for an “instant garden” that everyone at the reception raved about. Early that morning, I planted all of the gorgeous full-blooming annual flowers that I had purchased from the nursery in their pre-selected spots.

You many want to try a handy tool that I found at the Better Homes and Gardens website called the “Plan-a-Garden” (check it out at bhg.com under “gardens”). Be aware of the quirks in your canvas before you plant and you'll save yourself a headache...

Where do you begin? You can plant a flower bed right away if the grass was dug out or within the next season using the no-dig method.Knowing how to start a flower bed, along with careful planning beforehand, makes building one as easy as that!

So if the current garden shape design isn't what you'd like it to be, if it seems uninviting or lacking something, don't let it burden you. With only a little effort involved, learning how to shape the garden can help it go from dull and lacking to bold...

Just do one layer. This should keep the bed from sliding around. One in each corner should be enough when using cinder blocks for garden beds, but you can always add more if you're worried.If you search online for cinder block gardening ideas, about half...

I've never tried it personally. This helps shape the plant into the familiar rounded form. Basil & Mint like water, but they don't like soggy. Do this again around the first of July.

Did something get in there and start eating them (like a gopher, rabbit etc.?). Caffeine, the most widely consumed drug in the worldanswers: Judy, I also have moles and voles in my garden.

Last summer was the first when it bloomed and fruited more than a few cherries.adds: I've inserted links to our Plantfiles pages for these cultivars and we have participating vendors attached to each of them, so you can choose a mail order vendor for...

The image at the left is one of my coneflowers emerging in mid February.answers: All fertilizer packages have a code on them that tells you the percentages of the nutrients. Jill Nicolas wrote several wonderful aticles on winter sowing,answers: Most of...

We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so our fellow members can help you.

They are Western Red Cedar and I've seen no degardation in my units in the time that I've had them. Hana, I hope you'll decide to subscribe and jump into the activity on the AV forum.answers: Tulip bulbs that are planted outside sometimes put up leaves...

My climate is similar to a 5b zone. A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one another. It is used on trees and shrubs, restricting their branching in order to fit confined...