Published on Wednesday, September 18, 2013
![Divide and Conquer Your Perennial Plants]()
Your green thumb may be itching to bury new bulbs, but what about last year’s blooms? Pruning and plant maintenance in the fall helps your flowers thrive year after year. Dividing your perennials gives your garden healthier blooms, room to grow, and eye-popping impact.
Why Fall?
You should divide your perennials when they’re not blooming to maximize root growth. For spring and summer plants, that means autumn. Atlanta and Vinings gardeners should divide their perennials in early ...
Published on Wednesday, September 11, 2013
![Landscape DIY: Aeration and Overseeding]()
School is back in session, and your family’s little offshoots are growing their minds and cultivating their futures in the classroom. Now it’s time for moms to give their gardens the TLC needed to succeed in the year to come. Grab your gardening gloves because fall is upon us, and late September offers ideal conditions to aerate and overseed.
Aeration
Before aeration, Georgia gardeners need to ready their roots for revitalization. Weed and dethatch your lawn using herbicides,...
Published on Tuesday, September 10, 2013
![Concrete “Trash to Treasure”]()
On a recent trip to visit my daughter at college, we took in a concert at the outdoor amphitheater. The band was not that good, but I was very intrigued by the stone work that comprised the main stage and aprons. From a distance, it appeared to be constructed of natural field stone as the colors varied throughout the facing. However, upon closer inspection, I found it to be recycled concrete. Now I have seen concrete re-purposed before, in fact a classic example lies at Callaway...
Published on Wednesday, September 04, 2013
![Georgia Grass: Aeration and Overseeding]()
Aeration and overseeding is crucial to keeping your fescue lush and healthy for the holidays and the upcoming year. Most landscaping professionals choose fall for lawn maintenance. Late July and early August heat withers your grass, encouraging the development of dead patches, dry spots, and an overall scraggly yard. But the warm days and cooling nights of autumn in Atlanta send root-growth into overdrive, making your gardening efforts doubly effective.
What is Aeration and Overseeding?...
Published on Wednesday, August 28, 2013
![Dangers of Planting Too Early]()
With the seemingly endless fall floral ideas on Pinterest, in home and garden magazines, and in share sessions with your fellow gardeners, it’s easy to put the bloom before the bulb. But just because the kids are back in school doesn’t mean it’s truly autumn. The ideal conditions for planting won’t come until October, and installing your Georgia landscape too early will undermine the health of your plants well into the holiday season. ...
