Revive a Worn-Out Garden After Vacation
After returning from a vacation, quickly restore your garden with thorough watering and mowing. Feed roses and perennials, mulch around shrubs, and water deeply at regular intervals to revive beauty. Check for pests, control mildew with sprays, and stake or pinch susceptible chrysanthemums as needed.
Baby bulbs brighten spring gardens in small shades
Dorothy Bayliss urges gardeners to plant minor bulbs or baby bulbs this season. She highlights snowdrops, crocus varieties, chionodoxa, muscari, scilla, freesias, and grape hyacinths as jewels for pots and borders, noting depths, spacing, and the slow, steady multiplication that follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Bayliss
How to Keep a Beautiful Lawn in Twelve Months
A practical lawn care guide from the California Association of Nurserymen outlines a year long program. It emphasizes proper fertilization with commercial products, timing after watering, and using spreaders or liquid labels correctly. Aeration and soil loosening aid nutrient uptake, with nurseries offering soil penetrants. Seek advice from a nurseryman if unsure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Association of
Sunflowers and Seeds for Parrot and Table Use
The reader asks about timing to harvest sunflowers for seeds both for parrot feed and eating, noting blackening seeds and possible causes. They mention sunflowers need full sun, warmth, and several factors like mold, pests, and drying methods affecting seed quality and readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secre Ieee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joan Moore Coa
California
Maal Charge
Bann Amricard Accepta
Cne Niles
Adobe
Ea Td
Niles Boulevard
Nias District
Fremont
Met
Hiramine Nursery
Alveredo- Niles Rid
Union
Vreal
Warren
Quet
Colt
Voy
Sanol Nurseries
Calaveras
Isuiinol Siicsziics
Idtaun Cinerea
Pampas
L A