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Tips for Gardening With Pets

Gardening can be a productive and enjoyable hobby, and it can be even more fun when you involve your pets. Different gardening tasks, plants, and equipment aren’t always suitable for pets, however, so it is important to take proper steps to keep your pets safe while you garden together. How...

DIY Projects for Kids to Do With Their Parents

Working on hands-on projects is a great way for parents and kids to spend time together, share skills, and create practical items that can be used for years. But which projects are the best for families to collaborate on? The Benefits of Sharing Projects Working on a constructive, useful project...

Build Your Own Raised Garden Bed

A raised garden bed is an easy gardening option ideal for small spaces or for gardeners who prefer a more organized, neat garden. But you don't need to buy an elaborate kit to create a raised bed – with a little effort, you can create a raised garden bed that exactly suits your needs and...

Garden Ideas to Keep Kids Busy

While you're outside getting things done around the house, get your kids started with gardening early. Kids are very impressionable when it comes to deciding upon what is a valuable endeavor and what is lame. Make gardening seem cool. It gives them an excuse to get dirty and learn to plot, dig, and...

Tips For Planting Your Garden

Chances are, if you haven’t started planting already, you’re at least thinking about getting your hands dirty. We’ve assembled a few tips for you to consider before coming in and picking up your supplies. Plan first and shop later When thinking of what you’d like to grow, be sure to choose...

Spring Lawn Care Tips

Warmer days means more time outdoors. It also means everything outdoors begins to grow and thrive after being dormant all winter. As a homeowner, one of the most important aspects of your home is the lawn that surrounds it. Growing up, a flourishing lawn was a symbol of pride and prosperity that...

MRT COVID-19 Update

To our friends and valued customers, We would like to thank everyone for their support during these trying times. Your email inbox is probably full of messages from businesses explaining everything they are doing in light of COVID-19, so we will keep it short. This email is being sent to address...

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 supplies run low, but returning migrants need reliable food sources as they head north to their breeding grounds, and well-stocked bird feeders...

Attract Birds With Peanuts

Nuts are an unexpectedly great food for a wide variety of birds, but you don't need an oak, beech, pecan or walnut tree in your yard – it's easy to attract birds with peanuts. High in fat and protein to provide great energy and nutrition for active birds, peanuts are a favorite treat of many...

Watering Plants? Use Cooking Water for Extra Nutrition

We all have been at fault at some point in our lives for trying some crazy tactic for attempting to make our plants grow. Whether it is homemade fertilizer or sun lamps, everyone has their own tricks. Here’s another trick you can use to water your plants, plus its cheap and effective. This trick...

Pruning Azaleas

Azaleas are beautiful flowering shrubs popular for landscaping, but without proper pruning they can occasionally get shaggy and overgrown. Fortunately, it's easy to keep these shrubs in top shape so they always look their very best. About Azaleas Azaleas are part of the plant family Ericaceae, the...

How to Develop a Garden Plan for the New Year

When the ground is frozen and covered with snow it may be impossible to work in your garden, but you can still enjoy gardening by working out a plan for what your garden will look like in the new year. Good planning means your garden will be more productive, easier to work, and healthier, and...

Holiday Plants – The Gifts That Keep On Giving

Plants are popular holiday gifts that recipients can enjoy long after festive feasts are eaten, glittery decorations are packed away and joyous carols are silent. In fact, many holiday plants can flourish for years, reminding that someone special of your caring and thoughtfulness no matter what the...

What to Do With Rotten Pumpkins

Pumpkins are popular fall decorations, but eventually they will soften and rot. They don't need to be destined for the trash, however – there are great ways to recycle rotten pumpkins and be sure they are useful even if they aren't the prettiest decorations anymore. 6 Simple Ways to Recycle Rotten...

How to Make Pumpkin Planters

Pumpkins are the ultimate autumn decoration, but you can do so much more than just pile them around or carve jack-o-lanterns. Pumpkin planters are easy to create and there are many ways to use them beautifully for all your fall decorating. Pick Your Pumpkin While any pumpkin can be carved as a...

October Garden Ideas

Fall is in full force in October, and it is a great month to be active in the garden. From wrapping up the last harvests to winterizing the garden to awesome autumn fun, there are great ways to keep busy in the garden all month long. In October, it is time to… Plant Hardy Perennial Bulbs Sturdy...

September Garden Tips

The days are growing shorter and the temperatures are growing cooler, but even in September, gardening season isn't over. Well-prepared gardeners have a variety of tasks to do in late summer and early fall, and each chore will help keep the garden thriving. In September, it is time to… Clear Out...

Don't Forget to Fertilize Your Lawn This Fall

Grass blades may be going dormant in late summer, but your lawn's roots are still developing and fall is the ideal time for fertilizing. A healthy lawn with proper autumn nutrition will be better able to recover from summer's damage, resist the cold and drought of winter and fend off diseases,...

What Is Bugging Your Garden?

Many gardeners have a love-hate relationship with the bugs in their garden. There are insects that are undeniably beneficial and great residents, as they enhance pollination, improve soil quality and defend plants against more aggressive, harmful bugs and other wildlife. Other insects, however, can...

August Garden Tips

August is a tough time for gardeners. However, as many know when the going gets tough, the tough get going. This is the time of the year after a hot summer where many anticipate production and harvesting to come to an end. For the experienced gardener, it’s a time to get even more out of your...

July Garden Tips

It may seem like midsummer is a slow gardening season, but there are plenty of tasks gardeners can attend to in July to ensure a productive, healthy harvest and beautiful flowerbeds even during the hottest summer days. July is the perfect time to… Be Water-Wise Spring rains have ended and summer...

Gardening in Challenging Spaces

Every garden is different, and very few gardeners are fortunate enough to have a perfect plot of level, rich soil with exactly the right amount of sunlight, moisture and drainage for every gardening dream. No matter how challenging your gardening space may be, however, there are always ways to...

June Garden Tips

June is a great season for gardeners, and though much of the early season planting is already finished by June 1, there is much more care a garden needs throughout the month to have the best results for top produce, pungent herbs, and the most beautiful blooms. In the garden, June is the time...

How to Avoid 10 Common Lawn and Garden Problems

No matter how well you care for your lawn, some pests and problems are bound to appear, but you can be prepared for these top 10 common lawn and garden problems and take steps right away to minimize any unwanted difficulties. Dandelions One of the most aggravating lawn weeds, dandelions are found...

Organic Gardening Tips

In today’s society organic gardening is more popular than ever as gardeners attempt to avoid artificial fertilizers and the sometimes-harmful chemicals in pest control. People are more conscious about what they eat, and want the freshest and healthiest food possible. Organic gardening is not like...