Is Fall a Good Time to Install a Sprinkler System? Yes! Autumn is a great time to look after your lawn’s needs—and it needs a sprinkler system. Fall is a great time for sprinkler installation because the cooler, drier weather is optimal for the digging that is required to put in a new sprinkler system
Read More >Using Mulch in the Fall Mulch is primarily used in the fall and plays a very important role. You could say that mulching in the fall is critical for beautiful, healthy plants in the spring. When the trees are in full color is an ideal time to mulch. Mulch can be viewed as a warm
Read More >Set Your Containers Free in September September is usually still a relatively warm month and the soil is still moist, so it’s a good time to buy or transplant container-grown plants into a more permanent home in your Parkville, Missouri yard. Getting the container plants grounded in September gives them a good chance to get
Read More >Slug It to Me! Slugs and snails can cause a great deal of damage to your yard or garden. These round-the-clock destroyers must be reined in quickly before extensive damage can be done. Slugs and snails aren’t overly selective, so you aren’t just looking to protect a single species of plants. The damage they cause
Read More >Star-Studded Late Summer Bloomers August seems late to add flowers to your garden, but it really is the perfect time to add some star-studded beauties like sweet peas, Marguerites, Angel’s Fishing rod, Tassel flowers, coneflowers, bedding verbenas or late-flowering clematis to your Smithville, Missouri yard. Sweet peas are August showstoppers. These sun-loving beauties bloom from
Read More >Container Plants and Ponds Need Your Attention in August It is a hot time in Platte City, Missouri and sometimes the attention to gardening details can slip out of our immediate thoughts. However, it is important to continue weeding, working with your container plants, and checking on your ponds. When you are weeding the borders
Read More >Hedges and Trimming in the Late Summer By the time the end of August rolls around it’s time to look at trimming down your hedges. They really won’t continue to grow enough to make any additional trimming necessary as the fall rolls around. The one possible exception would be conifers; conifers may need an additional
Read More >Off with Its Head! Summer in Kansas City is hot, dry, and long. As it gets hotter one of the things to remember is to trim the faded flowers from the plants (deadheading). It’s vital to trim off the fading and dead flowers off the bushes, such as your rose bushes, because this prevents your
Read More >Late Summer Pests August is definitely the time to focus on pest prevention in your garden. Pests, such as mildew, aphids, and slugs can ruin all the hard work you have done in your garden this spring and summer. There are concrete ways you can limit or eliminate these summer pests before they destroy your
Read More >Feed Me! By August, your lawn can use a good meal, but you need to be careful what you feed the lawn. Feeding your lawn generally means fertilizing it. There are two types of fertilizer, high nitrogen content fertilizer and high-phosphorus content fertilizer. Which one is right for your Kansas City, Missouri lawn? In the
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