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As a gardener there are a lot of things that you can do to protect your flowering shrubs and fruit bearing trees and shrubs from frost damage in the early spring. Of course the size of the plants determines how much you can do and be successful. Frost is the quiet enemy that looks in… Click here to read more…
Trimming fruit trees is not that difficult, nor do you have to be an expert in order to do a nice job trimming your fruit trees. All you really need are the right tools, and a basic understanding of what the tree needs, and what you need as the person who will harvest the fruit…. Click here to read more…
Damage to our favorite trees and shrubs can happen. Sometimes the damage is the result of heavy snow fall, sometimes an animal, large dog, horse pony, donkey whatever it might be, decides to eat part of a tree, or small trees are often physically damaged by kids cars or other means. Recently somebody wrote to… Click here to read more…
Christmas trees are living things and you need to be aware of that as you look for the perfect Christmas tree for your home. Make sure the tree that you get is as fresh as possible. How do you know? Aren’t they all fresh? Let’s just say that some are “a lot” fresher than others. Some Christmas… Click here to read more…
Digging and Planting a Live Christmas Tree. There’s nothing quite like a live Christmas tree, but do you really want to sacrifice a beautiful tree that has been growing for years just so you can have a live Christmas tree? Or would you be interested in a live Christmas tree that has been dug and… Click here to read more…
Pruning or Trimming Purple Sand Cherry and growing Sand Cherry from Cuttings. In this video you will see how I cut Purple Sand Cherry in the fall to make sure they grow nice and tight and don’t get thin and spindly. You will also learn how to take all of those clippings and use them to make hardwood… Click here to read more…
Pruning roses for the winter season is important. Roses have long been a favorite of many gardeners, but the frigid months of north can be detrimental to any plant and roses are no different. As the weather begins to change, so do the needs of the roses we enjoyed over the growing season. Having a strong… Click here to read more…
Some Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick plants (corylus avellana contorta) are being attacked and are dying slowly. This doesn’t seem to be a widespread problem, but it is happening. The disease that is attacking them is called Eastern Filbert Blight, which is a fungal type disease and not an insect problem. If you have a plant… Click here to read more…
What are we doing to our trees? They treat us well, provide us with shade, fruit and beauty. Why are we so mean to them? I’d like to take a moment and call out Arborist Blair Glenn for the work that he has been doing to educate America about the proper care and pruning of trees. If… Click here to read more…
Is it too warm too soon. How will it affect our plants. I am not going to sugar coat this. I am deeply concerned about this really, really warm weather this early in the year. It’s beautiful outside. Spent some time on the porch yesterday. It was really, really nice out. Pam, my wife, had… Click here to read more…
