3 Ways Mulching Will Help Your Garden This Summer Make Mulching This Summer a Priority
McCarty Mulch & Stone on the benefits of using mulch for your garden. Once upon a time, homeowners around the country devoted their time and energy to unbroken lawns. Now, more homeowners are realizing that lawns use more water and create less biodiversity than...
Get Ready For A Picture-Perfect Spring Garden Right Now With These 5 Tasks
Here's another article on preparing your garden for Spring by Viveka Neveln for Better Homes & Gardens. Still too cold out for gardening? That's the perfect time to do a little planning and preparation for the busy growing season ahead. You know that point in late...
5 Tips On How To Prepare Your Home For Spring Landscaping
McCarty Mulch & Stone on tips for preparation for Spring landscaping. Are you looking forward to a beautiful spring filled with flowers and a lush lawn? Then you may want to start preparing now rather than later. Spring landscaping for your home will strengthen...
3 Tricks To Try With Your Hydrangeas To Get The Most Out Of These Gorgeous Flowers
Viveka Neveln for Better Homes & Gardens on tips to get the most out of your hydrangeas. In the garden or in cut arrangements, these shrubs always impress. Here's how to change bloom colors, dry them, and keep them fresh in a vase for weeks. Arguably the most...
Hedges / Living Walls
Landscape on using hedges as a boundary. Stone, wood, and metal are all fantastic options for fences and walls. Depending on the varieties used, however, they can also be rather expensive. Transporting stone from faraway quarries is not cheap, and specialized...
6 Essential Steps for Starting Your First Vegetable Garden Off Right
Andrea Beck for Better Homes & Gardens on starting a first vegetable garden. Planting tomatoes, carrots, or cukes for the first time? Use this guide to help you plan, prepare, and plant a successful plot. Vegetable gardening at home can be a way to save money...
Different Types of Compost and Their Uses
McCarty Mulch & Stone on different types of compost. Compost is a common gardening technique for a reason; it’s a fantastic way to supply your plants with the nutrients they need to grow to their fullest potential. This excellent source of organic matter and...
What Is A Moonbow? All About Lunar Rainbows
Tiffany Means for the Farmer's Almanac on Moonbows. Next time you're out enjoying the splendor of the full Moon, see if you can spot this other night sky wonder: the Moonbow! Full Moons. Supermoons. Blue Moons. Each of these gives us a welcome excuse to gaze up at the...
10 Best Plants for Winter Landscapes
David Beaulieu for The Spruce on the best plants for winter landscapes. Ideas for Turning Yards Into Winter Scenes Worth Painting After the weather cools down and colorful autumn leaves have fallen from the trees, the rest of your home's landscape in winter can still...
Tips For Late Winter Landscaping Maintenance
McCarty Mulch & Stone on late winter landscaping tips. Keep Up With Your Late Winter Landscape With snow still falling and temperatures still dropping, gardening is probably the last thing on your mind (unless you consider salting the driveway landscaping). With...