We all had a good scare as the high winds and heavy rains of Hurricane Irene bore down upon us, but ultimately the landscapes of Westchester and Fairfield counties fared pretty well through the storm. As the clean up progresses those who have cared for their trees properly over the years will find that their [...]
Don’t let the cold mornings fool you! Spring is on its way and that means it’s time to plan for your landscaping needs. The smart gardener always stocks up early in the season so when the weather finally does cooperate they are ready to get to work and not waste time running errands.
Now is [...]
While summer is fine for vacationing on the shore it is often a very tough time in the garden, and we had a tough time of it this year with over 30 days of temperatures above 90 degrees combined with what seemed like days on end without rain. A lot of plants, some of them [...]
Late winter in New England is never an easy time. The weather turns quickly, changing from frigid, to raw (a term I never used for the weather until I came to Connecticut), to warm, and then back again to cold or raw. Wet and heavy snow, like the kind we had a few weeks ago, [...]
There is an increasingly vocal group of garden writers making their name by proclaiming the ease of low or no maintenance landscapes, and while a no maintenance garden sounds good, it just isn’t realistic. The truth is that the real work begins after the plants are in and the landscaping crew has loaded up and [...]
Gardening, like most every other pastime, is an on going learning experience. Much of what good gardeners learn comes from what we read in books or magazines, which we then put to the test in our gardens. Yet, some of the best lessons are passed along to us from other gardeners. Simple lessons such as [...]
1. Deer fencing is the best way to keep deer and other unwanted animals out of your garden.
2. Keeping deer off your property greatly reduces the risk of Lyme disease
3. No one likes the smell of deer repellent and with good fencing you won’t have to buy that stinky spray ever again.
4. If deer damage [...]