Lawn Care Tips & Tricks for Easy Maintenance

The lawn is the foundation of suburban American landscapes and the pride and joy of (almost) every homeowner. But maintaining that luxurious lawn can be a pain and time drain. Weekends mowing and edging the grass Time wasted watering, weeding, and fertilizing Multiple...

How to Grow Hot or Sweet Peppers

A recent gardening trend is to plant colorful peppers in the landscape, in containers, and in vegetable garden beds. There are several different sizes and shapes of plants, and many sizes, shapes, and colors of the fruit. Hot peppers are used worldwide more than any...

How to Plant a Tree: a Gardener’s Guide

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. And if you wait a thousand years, a little acorn might drop in the precise location where you’d like an oak tree in your yard. But if you want that oak tree sooner, you might have to take matters into your own hands. How hard...

Citrus Tree Care in Southern California

There was a time when citrus trees grew everywhere in Southern California. You’d see them on the way to school, church, the root beer stand, or wherever you were heading. New housing tracts were planted squarely in the middle of active citrus groves. Even now,...

Indoor Ficus Care: Common Varieties

A long-time favorite for interior foliage, Ficus (fig) comes in many varieties, from large specimens to accent plants of various sizes. The Ficus genus contains 800 species of tropical and subtropical plants. Growth habits vary significantly between varieties. From...