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Planting Bare Root Perennials: If you have just purchased your first bare-root perennial, you may be surprised to receive what appears to be a jumble of roots and very little green growth. Don’t worry! Most bare-root perennials are shipped in a dormant or semi-dormant state, and will burst forth with life once planted.

Planting bare-rooted plants: Bare-root stock are generally the way most mail order companies ship their stock because of shipping charges. Most
deciduous trees and bushes, fruit trees and bushes, nut trees, roses, and some perennials are shipped this way and in
some cases local nurseries may also sell plants in this form. The bare-root plants are […]

Bare Root Tree Planting: Bare root trees are trees that are dug and stored without any soil around their roots.
Trees can be bought “bare root,” and then planted directly into the ground.

BARE ROOT PLANTS: January marks the arrival of bare-root plants in the nurseries. Many plants available are fruit and shade trees, roses, grapes and cane fruits. Why buy bare-root? One reason is that it is cost effective. Savings can be up to 70% buying bare-root over container plants. Also, there is a much wider […]

Man dies trying to save dogs from fire: Thursday night, the 79 year old Tanner was home asleep. So was his longtime girlfriend, Laura Stewart. They shared a home with her daughter. The daughter saw a fire in their kitchen and woke them up. Firefighters say all three of them got out and 911 dispatchers […]

Slugs can’t swim: This product provides a safe way to control snails and slugs and seems to be effective but is messy and ugly for the week at stomach. The snails and slugs crawl in attracted to the smell and cannot get out. They are trapped where they die. The bad news is you have […]

CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS ARE DANGEROUS: No matter what we’re told or how much we may try to delude ourselves, intuitively, we all know that chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides are harmful. Why else would chemical fertilization companies be required to put those little signs in everyones’ lawns that say “STAY OFF THE GRASS” for days after […]

Safer The Pit, Snail & Slug Trap; On the other hand, as a very experienced gardener, I have a much cheaper and just as effective method. If you want to use this type of method simply gather small shallow dishes, butter lids work great, fill them half-way with beer and let the little critters die. […]