Our landscape also needs to eat. Should we feed our trees and shrubs or wait until spring? One expert, Jerry Somalski, owner of Bay Landscaping near Bay City, says we absolutely want to fertilize ...

Before plants leaf out for the spring, it’s a good idea to take some time for maintenance tasks in the garden. Here are two important items to put on your to-do list: pruning and fertilizing your ...

Q: What is the best way to store leftover vegetable seeds? A: If you have a small vegetable garden, you often don’t use all the seeds in a packet, but you don’t have to throw the remaining seeds away.

We are approaching the most important period of time for getting big growth on our trees and shrubs. The growth won’t come this year. It will come next year. Don’t wait until next spring to think ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A yew hedge in front of a house. Yews (Taxus spp.*) are narrow-leaf evergreens that are popular hedge plants. They are tolerant of ...

With glistening red berries and evergreen foliage, hollies are an indispensable part of the Southern landscape. They provide year-round habitat and winter food for birds and other wildlife while ...

Wait to prune cold-damaged plants until new growth appears later in the spring. Consider planting more cold-hardy evergreen shrubs to provide a dependable landscape framework. Wait to fertilize your ...

Q: Can you identify this tree in our home? Eight years ago, a friend was going to Florida for the winter and asked if I’d babysit her 3-foot tree. When she returned, she said I could just keep it.