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Category: DIY Monthly To-Do List

Selecting The Best Ice Melt Products For Your Home

Not All Ice Melt Products Are Right In Every Situation One of the questions our customers ask us the most is “Which ice melt products should we use”? Some products melt ice better than others, some are safe on concrete and some are not, and which ones will not harm plants. To give you the answer, we took a trip to Home Depot to see which products are readily available.

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The Best Sprinkler and Timer Setup for New Landscaping

When you’ve invested in fresh landscaping—whether new plants, a sod lawn, or freshly seeded grass—nothing protects that investment like a smart watering setup. New landscapes are thirsty, and getting their watering just right is the difference between a garden that thrives and one that struggles. Our recommendation? A reliable sprinkler and timer combination that does the heavy lifting for you, ensuring everything gets the right amount of water on time,

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5 Top October Garden Tips: Transitioning Your Garden Towards Winter

October is a pivotal month in the garden and these top October garden tips will guide you through the month. The summer blooms are fading, and winter is just around the corner. It’s the perfect time to give your garden the attention it needs before the cold weather sets in. Whether you love getting your hands dirty or prefer a little help, these simple yet essential tasks will keep your

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6 Plants For A Deer Resistant Plant Screen

6 Plants For Creating a Deer Resistant Plant Screen Are you tired of your garden becoming a buffet for local deer? Fear not! Creating a Deer Resistant Plant Screen is your ticket to reclaiming your outdoor space. By strategically selecting plants that deer tend to avoid, you can build a lush and protective barrier that keeps these hungry visitors at bay. In this guide, we’ll unveil six resilient plant species

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Prepare Your Patio For Winter

A Few Useful Tips To Prepare Your Patio For Winter Your patio is our outdoor living room and being outside, requires a little pro-active preparation to protect it and the furnishings on it from winter. Following these simple guidelines to prepare your patio for winter and you will assure that your patio will look good for a very long time. Clean off leaves and debris as often as possible to

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5 Worst Pieces of Advice About Lawn Care

We’ve Debunked 5 Lawn Care Advice Myths There is a lot of bad lawn care advice floating around out there about lawn care. Some of it is urban myth. Some of it is spread by “know it alls”. Some of it is just a plain old fashioned cop out. We want to set the record straight on these lawn care myths once and for all so you can get your

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Our Prepare Your Home For Winter Checklist

10 Tasks To Prepare Your Home For Winter Before long, fall will turn to winter and the weather will become cold. Now is the time to start preparing your home for winter. Instead of waiting until the last minute, knockout a few items every week and be ready when the cold weather hits. Prepare your home for winter now. Here are 10 important things to do now to get your

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Early Spring Lawn Care In Maryland

Tips For Early Spring Lawn Care In Maryland Hit the ground running this spring by getting your lawn off to a great start. Work done in early spring will pay off big dividends later in the ear in the form of a stronger, greener and healthier lawn. Add these six important to-dos to your list. Follow these tips for early spring lawn care in Maryland to have the best lawn

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Deer Resistant Annuals

Our List Of Proven Deer Resistant Annuals You know the routine. You fight the crowds at the local garden center on Saturday morning, fill your car with flats of bright, colorful annuals, spend the afternoon plantings, mulching and watering them, only to come out on Sunday morning to find them eaten down to the roots by deer. Don’t’ blame the deer, they were just doing what they do. Eat. Although

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February Landscape Tasks for Frederick County, MD

Get These Landscape Tasks For Frederick County, MD Done Now The weather has hardly been winter-like but that doesn’t mean we still won’t get cold weather. Here are a few landscape tasks for Frederick County, MD to help you get ready for spring.   Prune any dead and diseased wood from your trees and shrubs. Plant frost tolerant trees. Start hardy herbs, onions and cabbages. Clean and refill bird feeders Buy

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