Drought can be one of the most disappointing things to happen to a gardener. You work all year long, growing beautiful plants, and your yard looks exactly how you want it to look. All of it can be taken away in just a few dry weeks in August. There are a few things you can [...]
You've invested a lot of time, money, and energy in your garden, and the result is a gorgeous landscape you're extremely proud of! Yet, you and your neighbors aren't the only ones admiring your hard work – nighttime marauders are treating your prized perennials and favorite flowers like an all-you-can-eat buffet. Sound familiar? Well, there [...]
As gardeners we have an opportunity to be a little more in tune to the changes and happenings as the seasons change. Migrating birds, the coming and going of pesky insects, clouds of pollen, budding, blooming, and eventually, seeding are all things that pass under the nose of the ever-observant gardener. Watching nature can teach [...]
If you have a mosquito problem, it is likely that you are breeding them in your own garden. Taking a few small preventative measures and eliminating possible breeding spots will greatly reduce the number of mosquitoes plaguing your outdoor spaces.Remove possible breeding sites. Mosquitoes must have haves standing water for laying eggs and maturing larvae. [...]
Summer is the time to enjoy your garden – everything is growing, blooming, and ripening to that a point where everything will be out of your hands, downhill to autumn and winter. Make it last as long as you can by trimming and deadheading your flowering shrubs, trees, and perennials in the summer to stimulate [...]
Around this time of year, after most gardens have been planted, we start to get questions about plant care and gardening tips. The one question that Wayside Gardens' customers seem to ask more than any other is, "How do I keep deer out of my garden?" The depressing truth is that deer are like goats [...]
You don't have to live in a witch's cottage to grow a garden hospitable to local wildlife. Whether big or small, your humble courtyard or patio can be teeming with life in a single season. Once you've created your backyard conservatory, you can have it certified by the National Wildlife Foundation (NWF) and receive a [...]
A clean, well-maintained landscape generally takes a great deal of work. There are always some areas that take a lot more work than others: sunny spots with plants that need to be watered every day (or more) in the summer, shady spots where grass just won’t grow, slopes that make mowing a huge hassle, areas [...]
If you don’t feel like using chemicals in your garden, you can control Japanese beetles naturally. There is the old standby, knocking them into a bucket of soapy water with a stick. They will be unable to fly out of the soapy water and will drown eventually. Usually the little holes that insects use to [...]
For a lasting impression and year-round interest try evergreen shrubs. We are all familiar with hollies and boxwoods, the classic short hedges, the ones that reliably maintain there deep colors all year long. The reliability of evergreens is great for landscaping because it reduces the amount of maintenance required to keep an aesthetically pleasing garden. [...]