It’s December and I’m getting into the spirit! Many of you will have or will be putting up a Christmas Tree soon. The following are facts about Christmas trees you may not know! The most po... Read more
Winter is often a good time to fix areas in the garden where water sits and does not drain properly. Such areas often harm plant roots due to poor oxygen levels in the soil. Consider adding... Read more
I am enjoying this fall! It’s cool, the signs of seasonal change is here, its good sleeping weather and it’s time to control those weeds that you get control of now! Late October to... Read more
Fall means tree leaves turn great variations of red, purple and orange. As temperatures cool down deciduous trees and shrubs also drop leaves. Perennial and annual flowers dry up and die b... Read more
Fall is my favorite time of year! Football, fall leaves and flower bulbs! October is generally the best time to plant hardy bulbs (especially daffodils to give them enough time to root bef... Read more
Many people with houseplants move some of them outside for the summer to give them better growing conditions and help them recover from the stress of an indoor environment. But as fall appro... Read more
The fall season can be an excellent time to plant trees. During the spring, soils are cold and may be so wet that low oxygen levels inhibit root growth. The warm and moist soils normally ass... Read more
Field bindweed is a deep-rooted perennial weed that severely reduces crop yields and land value. This noxious weed infests just under 2 million acres, and is found in every county in Kansas.... Read more
Waterlogged soils push out oxygen that roots need to survive. Every living cell in a plant must have oxygen or it dies. Some plants have mechanisms to provide oxygen to the roots even under... Read more
Late summer and fall can be an excellent time to treat unwanted stands of woody plants. Scattered stands of individual trees should either be treated individually using the basal bark method... Read more
