allows water and nutrients to reach a plant’s deep roots.
Be sure strip the foliage…
off of cut flowers when using in arrangements.
Try to buy plants that were…
grown in your hardiness zone. They’ll more than likely thrive.
Avoid allowing ivy to…
grow up into the limbs of your trees.
Healthy soil reduces the risk…
of pests and disease, thus reducing the need for harmful pesticides.
Invest in a quality pair of…
garden gloves for pruning roses, raspberries and other thorny shrubs.
Compost improves soil…
texture, aeration, and increases the soil’s ability to hold moisture.
Mulch protects tree and shrub roots…
from the heat in the summer and the cold in the winter.
Red twig dogwoods…
and other shrubs with colorful bark make an excellent addition to the winter garden.
