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As the vibrant colors of fall give way to colder days, gardeners know it’s time to shift gears. While summer and fall harvests may be winding down, the work you do in your garden now can set the stage for a healthier, more productive season next spring. Preparing your soil and caring for your plants before winter ensures that your garden rests well and is ready to flourish when warmer weather returns. Here are some practical tips to help transition your garden from fall into winter. 1. Clean Up Spent Plants Once your garden has finished producing, remove dead or...

The process of canning and preserving foods takes place for many reasons. For the gardener in all of us, home canning is a way to take all of the hard work that was done outside, and bring it inside. Canning allows us to extend the life of farm to table by ensuring you get the most out of your garden. Not only is canning and preserving economical, it’s also experimental because it makes us use foods and ingredients that might not be in the market or no longer in season.  While canning may seem like a new challenging task that...

Sometimes lawns can have bare spots and unfortunately toupees aren’t intended for that purpose too. Here are the steps you need to take to re-seed those areas to get your lawn looking like new again: 1) Dig in For the grass to take hold, it first needs a place to stick. That means that you will have to dig a little bit into the area where you plan to seed. Use a steel rake to work the soil to about an inch down in the ground so you can have a loose surface to operate with. 2) Applying seed and...

Sometimes we take safety when mowing our lawn for granted because we do it so often. Here are some tips for keeping everyone safer while mowing: 1) Do a walk-throughElements in your lawn can change often, especially over the winter. Before you mow your lawn just take a few minutes to walk around and check for rocks that may have surfaced somehow or that ball that you couldn’t find the last time you played catch with your kids. 2) Clear the yard…of everythingMake sure you clear the yard completely of children and pets. We know that the mower isn’t going...