Week Twenty-Five 2013 – 52 Weeks of Lawn & Garden Maintenance – Last chance to trim your spring flowering shrubs. We’ll answer all of the questions you have been asking this week.

by Michelle

Misc sedums

Slugs eating your peppers, slugs eating your Hosta, thank god you are not in Florida or you might find them eating your house. Haven’t heard of this one yet? Google slugs in Florida – you will be stunned.

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Week Twenty-Four 2013 – 52 Weeks of Lawn & Garden Maintenance – What do you need to do with your lawn & garden this week? Ha! What isn’t there to do?

by Michelle

spring foliage

This week are you playing catch up with your lawn and garden?

The trees and shrubs are wanting fed again. You can feed your annuals weekly if you can keep up with the growth. Apply your dry lawn fertilizer and use a liquid weed treatment on a dry day. I have a feeling fleas are going to be a nuisance this year so you may want to treat your lawn with a multi action pest preventer and treat for grubs at the same time. Make sure to water your application in well to get a good start – unless Mother Nature continues to do it for us.

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Week Twenty-Three 2013 – 52 Weeks of Lawn & Garden Maintenance – The Question of the week – How to deadhead or trim your Rhododendron and Azalea – Have you checked your landscape for Bagworm? What inspires you about your garden?

June 3, 2013

I have found, on the many visits I make to homeowner’s residence and other properties, the questions follow a trend. I call it the consciousness of the week – Everyone I meet seems to flow in the same stream of consciousness – though many are unaware of the rest of the multitude asking the very [...]

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Week Twenty-Two 2013 – 52 Weeks of Lawn & Garden Maintenance – What about your overgrown Goldmound Spirea, Poison Ivy again & it’s time for Captain Jack.

May 27, 2013

The overwhelming trend this week centered on the Goldmound Spirea. Most of you I have spoken with had many questions in regards to this plant. Homeowners who have these shrubs feel they need to replace them, as they have grown too large for the landscape. When you bought this plant you were attracted to the [...]

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Week Twenty-One 2013 – 52 Weeks of Lawn & Garden Maintenance – Time to plant the garden & all other desirable plantings, we’ll help you understand how. We’ll also answer a homeowners question about Poison Ivy.

May 20, 2013

What are you planting in your vegetable garden? There are so many choices – Countless cucumber varieties, gobs of green beans, hoards of herbs, limitless lettuce, a plethora of peppers, tons of tomato varieties, zillions of zucchini, and multitudes more. The colors are an artists palette and the earth your canvas.

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Week Twenty 2013 – 52 Weeks of Lawn & Garden Maintenance – Are you caught up with your spring chores? Here is a quick checklist. What is on your to do list this week?

May 13, 2013

Memorial Day is well on its way, bringing with it warm gatherings of friends and families, cookouts, boating, golfing, a day spent poolside or enjoying a mindful day of croquet on the back lawn. We all want our lawns and landscape beds to look their best to create a beautiful oasis for our guests. Almost [...]

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Week Nineteen 2013 – 52 Weeks of Lawn & Garden Maintenance – What to trim, what to treat and what is the word on the street.

May 5, 2013

Welcome to week nineteen! Dayton Nurseries was buzzing today. Individuals, couples, and families all trekking the nursery grounds to find that one plant to fill that one spot. We all have that “one spot”. The spot out front, the one where you feel like your living room is a fish bowl for the whole neighborhood [...]

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Week Eighteen 2013 – 52 Weeks of Lawn & Garden Maintenance – Three Tips you do not want to miss to Help Guide You when Spring Flower/Plant Shopping, Why is Captain Jacks Dead Bug Brew good for your Dogwood and more…

April 29, 2013

What are you doing this week? Have you started planting already? Frisky! Are you keeping an eye on the weather and your tender plantings? Attentive! Do you have your garden planned and ready to go? Your plant list in hand? Opportunity meets preparation! If you have answered yes to the questions above than you are [...]

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Week Seventeen 2013 – 52 Weeks of Lawn & Garden Maintenance – Save the Bees! Be mindful of them when treating your Rhododendron, Azalea and like genre. What are you doing this week?

April 21, 2013

 Many of us are not very fond of bees. I’ve actually had customer’s request flowers that do not attract bees. I understand the thinking behind it, though this is much like requesting a dog that does not bark. You may find a quieter breed but dogs are known to bark. Most plants are not very [...]

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Week Sixteen 2013 – 52 Weeks of Lawn & Garden Maintenance – Bagworm was spotted in Stow, leisurely hanging from the trees, who invited them to the spring fling? The pear trees are a week behind, how about you?

April 15, 2013

Have you had enough of our Ohio spring yet? This is a great taste of a typical Ohio spring, as typical as they can get anyhow. Last spring sure spoiled a bunch of us. There were a couple posts on social media by those complaining about the cold spell this past week they had to [...]

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