Tips to Avoid Over Watering Your Landscaping in Spring

Tips to Avoid Overwatering Landscape

Even first-time gardeners understand the importance of watering plants.  However, many landscaping newcomers typically run into problems caused by over watering, rather than underwatering.  To help avoid this problem, we’ve put together a list of tips to avoid over watering your landscaping in spring. Work With Your Soil There are several different types of soil […]

Seven Flowers That Repel Insects from Your Garden

Insect Repelling Flowers

Although we’ve been slowly learning that insects are an important part of a biodiverse environment, certain insects just become pests to us and our plantings.  Nobody likes it when they’re constantly being bitten by bugs or when their carefully grown vegetable patch is decimated by slugs and insects.  Fortunately, the practice of companion planting can […]

The Ultimate Spring Gardening Checklist

Spring Gardening Checklist

As the weather begins to warm, it’s time to get out into the garden and prepare for another growing season!  In this article, we’ve put together the ultimate spring gardening checklist. Tidy Up The winter has probably deposited a lot of dead material around your garden.  Rake up any leftover leaves, broken branches and other […]

Four Reasons to Consider Building a Pergola

One backyard installation that’s been gaining popularity over the years is the pergola.  These wall-less structures that support an open-aired roof with standing posts have been around for centuries.  But they’ve seen a renaissance in North American backyards of late.  If you’re wondering why they’ve become so popular, we’ve put together a list of four […]

How Your Landscape Can Help Soothe Anxiety

Soothe Anxiety With Landscaping

As our society takes more notice of mental health issues, coming up with ideas to help prevent those problems from manifesting has become even more important.  Preventing mental health issues is far more appealing than dealing with them after the damage has already been done.  One popular method of helping relieve mental health problems such […]