Category: Gardening
A winter greenhouse is incredibly productive for winter harvests. However, unheated structures can still capture solar energy and shelter a wide variety of cold-tolerant crops like kale, carrots, leeks, scallions, carrots, and spinach.In some households, it can become the heart of your kitchen during the cold season months, providing homegrown vegetables and herbs from November […]
Although it’s perfectly normal for trees to lose their limbs and leaves every year, it might surprise you to learn that fallen limbs and leaves can harm the health of your lawn if left to pile up.If your goal is to allow the leaves to biodegrade into compost, that’s a great idea to feed your […]
Fall may seem like the perfect time to prune woody plants, like your trees or shrubs, but there is a lot of conflicting information online about when to shear a tree or bush.For example, the Missouri Botanical Garden suggests that trees and shrubs be cut at different times of the year. That’s to say, trees […]
Fall is the perfect time to work in the garden in Pittsburg, Kansas. With winter months closing in, you’ve probably begun thinking about which outdoor potted plants to transition indoors. But we’ve already had our first freeze this season, which means you’ve likely already moved those plants indoors.So what can you do to treat any […]
As summer temperatures tip the scales into the triple digits, many gardeners across the four states struggle to keep their gardens thriving. Although, many plants react differently to rising temperatures.How Summer Temperatures Affect GardensIn the past week or more, you’ve probably received alerts from the National Weather Service about extreme heat advisories. That has likely […]