You pound these spikes in the ground near your woody plants and they provide food for a full year.  They certainly made my shrubs happier!I have terrible, terrible west Michigan sandy soil.  Let me rephrase that.  I have beach sand with a tiny bit of clay and humic material in it.  Growing things is a real challenge.  Yet I keep hoping for some flowering shrubs to borde...

I purchased my 16" Black & Decker hedge trimmers as an assist tool in my landscaping business. I only had to pay $10.00 for this tool that runs about $30-$35.This light weight tool weighs less than a brick, and has a prong attachment to hold your electric cord attached. It is the best yard sale item I have found in a long time.Best used on shrubbery less than a ¼ " thick, t...

I do most of our gardening chores except for the mowing and the edging. One chore I actually enjoy is trimming the hedges because it gives me a chance to unleash my inner Edward Scissorhands. When we moved to our house the hedges already had a nice shape to them so all that is required is maintaining them when they have new growth.Call me old fashioned but I have tried using electric hedge...

My mother is the world's worst when it comes to seeing something on TV that she likes and "Just has to have...", even though her age won't let her use some of the things she buys... I think she has every hand held kitchen appliance ever made that was advertised on TV, so it was really no surprise when the Mantis Tiller arrived... I had seen it advertised on TV for a while, and...