Tips for planting spring-blooming bulbs

Tips for planting spring-blooming bulbs

Spring bulb displays are popping up all over the place, tempting and teasing with the bright color and promises of bigger, better blooms. Before you start digging, there are a few tips that will help you get a better show next spring. Make sure the ground has good...

Landscape for less

Fruit trees 60% off. Come dig in my yard for free perennial plants. Thinning out my award-winning irises. No, this isn’t an invitation to raid my landscaping. I was on the KSL classified ads, a free online classified list attached to a local television...

Making plans for winter

In most areas of the US the days are still warm and balmy, the nights cool, but not inching near the freezing mark yet, but it’s still not too early to begin thinking about preparing for winter and in the northern states and Canada, as well as parts of Europe,...

A lily to surprise the neighbors

In my previous home, I noticed these funny stalks growing up in a neighbor’s yard, but with no green foliage. The next thing I knew, they were covered in pink flowers. I actually wondered at first if they were fake because there were still no leaves anywhere on...