BUTTERFLIES
Chooseflowers thatprovide lots of nectar,such as salvias, pentas, lantanas, verbenas, and summer phlox. Addhost plantsfor caterpillarsto feed on, including parsly, dill, and milkweed.A shallow dish, filled with moist sand, offers a place for drink. Butterflies love to bask in the sun; add a few flat rocks so they can rest between flights.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
GROW DAFFODILS, NATURALLY
GO WILD THIS FALL WITH DAFFODILS THAT, PLANTED NOW, WILL BLOOM NEXT SPRING AND FOR YEARS TO COME
Happy little harbingersof spring,daffodils are dollar for dollar the best buys in the bulb bins.They're generally inexpensive and adaptable to most climates;squirrels and deer usually don't eat them; and while other bulbs decline and die out, daffodils increase in number and bloom better year after year. While it's fine to plant daffodils in borders, beds, or pots, these spring-flowering bulbs, with their grassy foliage, look most at home in a more instructured settings. This is referred to as ''naturalizing'', which simply means that bulbs are planted randomly in masses and left to grow and multiply by themselves. Naturalizing bulbs like daffodils is an easy weekend project-so simple, in fact, that once you get started you might find hard to stop.
Happy little harbingersof spring,daffodils are dollar for dollar the best buys in the bulb bins.They're generally inexpensive and adaptable to most climates;squirrels and deer usually don't eat them; and while other bulbs decline and die out, daffodils increase in number and bloom better year after year. While it's fine to plant daffodils in borders, beds, or pots, these spring-flowering bulbs, with their grassy foliage, look most at home in a more instructured settings. This is referred to as ''naturalizing'', which simply means that bulbs are planted randomly in masses and left to grow and multiply by themselves. Naturalizing bulbs like daffodils is an easy weekend project-so simple, in fact, that once you get started you might find hard to stop.
LAWN SMARTS.Go green,save some green
All those clippings you mow off each time you cut your lawn are chock-full of nutrients. So why throw them away? Equip your mower with mulching blade,then leave the clippings on the lawn where they'll feed your grass all over again.over the course of a season,you can return enough nitrogen to your lawn to equal an additional fertilizer application. And since you don't have to bag clippings or pay to have them hauled off and composted ,its easy on the environment, your back, and your wallet. Work less, pay less. What more could you want?
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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