How and When to Can Summer Vegetables
A bountiful garden doesn’t have to be a source of delicious, nutritious food only while it is actively growing and ripening. If you plan how and when to can...
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Spring Bird Feeding Tips
Spring is an amazing birding season and great for feeding birds. In spring, not only are year-round resident birds eager to visit feeders as winter food...
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Here at Lakeland our top priority is the well-being of our customers and employees. We are monitoring the ever-changing news about COVID-19 and understand...
Fallproof Your Roof
As fall blows into town, take a look at your roof and see what needs to be pruned from nearby trees. Limbs that grew during the summer may be hanging down...
10 Best Bird Feeding Tips
Feeding birds can be a fun and rewarding backyard hobby. Whether you're just getting started feeding birds or have been offering birdseed for years, these ten...
Plan Ahead for Spring Planting
If your green thumb is itching to get back to your garden, then here's an idea to help scratch it. Prepare seed tapes, which are a clever way to make your...
Decorating For Your Thanksgiving Party
While cooking all the food will consume a lot of your time, decorating your Thanksgiving party is what will help make it memorable. Here are some tips to help...
Build a Brick Barbecue
The benefits of building a brick barbecue are multifold. A brick barbecue can accent your patio beautifully, and the brick design blends well with any...
Top 10 Tips for New Gardeners
It seems everyone's into gardening, but if you're a novice (or an old green thumb) it may seem a little intimidating. So here are some suggestions to help...
Shear Madness
Graceful fountainlike or upright flowering shrubs (such as flowering quince, forsythia, and lilac) look best when they’re gently shaped...not tortured into...
Don't Put Away Your Gardening Tools
Summer may be over but there's still plenty of planting to do. Your hard work this fall will pay off before you know it. Now is a good time for small,...
Build a Vine-Covered Archway to your Yard
How to Enjoy a Fine Vine all Summer Long Often located at the entrance to a garden or patio area, a "pergola" is a vine-covered gateway that's crawling with...
Thirsty Trees
Though trees are much more resilient than flowers or grass, you still need to pay attention to how much water they're getting, especially as hot...
Planting Pointers
When working on top of prepared soil, kneel on a piece of plywood to distribute your weight. Whatever you decide to plant, do all you can by reaching into ...
Build Your Own Vegetable Trellis
Short on garden space? If you build a trellis you'll get at least two crops of veggies and/or fruits in the same space as it takes to grow just one. Plus, as...
Egg-Cellent Garden Starter
Before spring rolls around, a great way to start your garden inside the house is with the help of leftover egg cartons. Fill empty egg cartons half-way with...
Bird Feeder Mobile
Birds can use some extra food this time of year and a great way to feed the birds is by decorating pine cones with seeds and a little "extra" to fatten them...
Don't Just Ditch the Tree
The relatives are gone, the kids are back in school, and the Christmas tree has shed its last needle. Yes, it's the end of the holiday season and time to say...
Getting soaked
Tired of standing around, spending your valuable time just watering your garden? Then look into "soaker" hoses. Specially designed to deliver a slow trickle...
