Gardening Tips to ‘Fall’ For
There’s no mistaking it…. Fall is in the air. It’s time to enjoy cooler weather, glorious fall colors of reds, oranges, and yellows in the landscape, and fresh-picked apples and cider. If the cooler weather…
Lawn Care
Early May Gardening Tips
Lawn weeds are growing like crazy; it has been a banner spring for bittercress, chickweed, and dandelion! (Be sure to NOT let weeds go to seed!) That’s your cue to deal with them – organically…
Ready, Set, Go Garden!
The wait is over…according to the calendar, spring has finally arrived! So, if you’ve been itching to get into the garden, here are some timely chores to tackle. It’s time to plant peas! Sow…
Early October Garden Tips
It’s still too early to lock up the rakes, shovels, and trowels until spring. The good news – October is a wind-down month in the garden and landscape. If you haven’t already, bring in any…
Early Fall Gardening Tips
There’s no mistaking it…. Fall is in the air. If the cooler weather has restored your energy and interest, here’s a list to keep you from ‘falling’ behind in your gardening chores. Did you fall…
Tackling the Lawn: Seed vs. Sod
How would you sum up the weather for the past few months? Hot, humid, and dry could come to mind! Now that summer 2023 is beginning to wind down, it’s time to focus on getting…
Late Summer Gardening Tips
As summer begins its annual transition to fall, here are a few chores that may need attention in the garden and landscape: Summer planters will soon need a fall pick-me-up! Within the next few weeks,…
Summer Lawn Spoilers
Many Long Island lawns are struggling, and we can blame much of it on the weather. Extended periods of stressful hot, humid weather (during the day and overnight) provide ideal conditions for summer lawn problems…
Celebrate the Mid-Summer Garden
Seems like just last week it was planting time in the vegetable garden and anticipating the first harvest of ripe tomatoes & cukes. In the blink of an eye, it’s already mid-summer. That means it’s…
Time to Battle Spring Lawn Weeds
It’s spring! Cherries and magnolias are flowering, and tulips and daffodils are blooming. And right on cue, dandelions are appearing, and crabgrass is ready to germinate in Long Island lawns! A spring lawn would not…