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Best Fast Growing Shrubs
Tree Planting & Transplanting
What Plant Hardiness Zone Am I In?
Here's how to read planting zones and how to use plant hardiness zones, so you can get the best plants for your yard.
Soil Test Is Your Soil Compacted
Soil Care & Mulching
How to Perform a Soil Test (And Why You Need One!)
A soil test gives you all sorts of valuable information about the best way to care for your plants. Below, find how, and why, to do a soil test.
Bees
Property Maintenance & Landscaping
Creating A Pollinator Garden (Steps & A Pollinator Plant List)
Interested in creating a pollinator garden? Learn how to make a pollinator garden to celebrate pollinator week 2017! Plus, we've got a pollinator garden plant list!
Root Crown Excavatoin 2
Soil Care & Mulching
Removing Tree Roots Above Ground: Will It Harm Or Kill The Tree?
Winter is coming, and it’s the best time to safely prune the roots of your tree. Learn how above ground roots can be cut without hurting your tree
Shrub Pruning
Trimming & Pruning
Shrub Pruning: Why It Matters
Pruning shrubs is an essential step in the shrub maintenance process. Here are some benefits of shrub pruning and how to best trim these plants to ensure their long-lasting good health.
Best Soil For Potted Plants
Soil Care & Mulching
How to Refresh Potted Plants by Changing Soil
The goals of potting mix are to retain moisture and nutrients around the plant roots and provide enough air for growing roots. Typically, changing the soil in your potted plants should happen every 12 to 18 months. There are some exceptions that may change this timing, learn more.
Perennial Time Chart
Property Maintenance & Landscaping
Perennial Gardening Calendar With Bloom Months
To help plan your garden full of blooms and color year-round, use this extensive list of perennial flower blooms calendar to give your landscape something to boast about.
How To Decorate Front Porch For Winter
Property Maintenance & Landscaping
This Winter, Decorate Your Porch to Impress
While it may seem overwhelming, decorating for the seasons doesn't have to be. Try some of these winter front porch decor suggestions to brighten up your holidays.
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