Landscaping

Follow these quick tips to make your garden glow and give your water bill a break. New Year’s may get all the glory, but to me fall always feels like another fresh start as kids head back to [...]

Mulch is a natural way to enhance organic matter and retain moisture in urban soils. September is a great time to add it to your landscape. There’s much to love about mulch. It’s a natural way to [...]

Those yuccas, sages and muhly grasses likely don’t need all that extra water, even on the hottest summer day. In newer subdivisions, when it’s done right, irrigation is carefully laid out to [...]

The fastest way to score Olympic-size savings is to turn off your irrigation system. Then use our WaterSaver Coupons for the win! The 2020 Summer Olympics may be over, but there are still some [...]

Some plants fail miserably in thin soil. But these natives prefer and even thrive in these far-from-ideal conditions. by Kahne Cobarrubias  If you live north of 1604, you’re probably quite [...]

The risk to our flying friends posed by human-made objects can be significant. But you can help keep them safe with these simple tips. by Andrew Barrett It’s a common sight in spring or summer, a [...]

For green grass yards to thrive (or even survive) in our region, we’re forced to over-fertilize and over-water. But there is a better way. There’s a common misconception that every American home [...]

Follow these practices and you’ll have a beautiful landscape even in the warmest months — and be the envy of all your neighbors. Sun, wind, and heat can be brutal to unsuspecting landscapes. Now [...]

There are plenty of plants that don’t require a lot of water or maintenance. And many of them will bloom all summer long with very little attention from you. A hot and dry summer doesn’t [...]

True patriotic plants are native plants — ones that have been growing here since the beginning. And there are several that flaunt Fourth of July color. The Fourth of July may be behind us, but [...]