Archives: 2010 February
Gardening tips: Edgeworthia
February 24th, 2010, No Comments
Northwest Perennial Alliance. Learn about the incredibly fragrant but often hard-to-find edgeworthia shrub
Lawn Care & Gardening Tips : How to Aerate & Over-Seed Your Lawn
February 23rd, 2010, No Comments
To aerate and over-seed your lawn, run the aerator over the lawn to open up the soil, fill a fertilizer spreader with grass seed, and run the spreader over the yard several times. Run the wheels of a fertilizer spreader over the lawn to bed down the seeds before watering, and consider advice from a professional landscaper in this free video on gardening and lawn care.
Spring Gardening Tips : Spring Gardening: Pruning Fruit Trees
February 22nd, 2010, No Comments
Trimming and pruning fruit trees during spring gardening stimulates the tree and opens up space in the middle to grow.Farm and care for plants correctly and safely with these spring gardening preparation tips from an experienced farmer in this free video. Expert: Danny Botkin Bio: Danny Botkin operates an innovative, diversified homestead and organic micro-farm in central Franklin County called Laughing Dog Farm.
Gardening tips: Pruning Hydrangea Paniculata
February 20th, 2010, No Comments
Northwest Perennial Alliance. npa’s George Lasch demonstrates how to prune Hydrangea paniculata, which blooms on new wood. Filmed in the NPA Border at Bellevue Botanical Garden in Bellevue, Washington.
Gardening tips: Pruning Hydrangea Annabelle
February 20th, 2010, No Comments
Northwest Perennial Alliance.
Gardening tips: Japanese Forest Grass
February 6th, 2010, No Comments
Northwest Perennial Alliance. NPA member Carol H., a master gardener, demonstrates how to prune Hakonechloa macra, Japanese Forest Grass, in winter. This winter gardening chore is best done before the leaves of the plant scatter all over your garden.
Gardening Tips for Winter
February 6th, 2010, No Comments
Kathleen Jerome, Lead Instructor for the Horticulture Program at Gateway Technical College, discusses how to care for plants during the winter months.
Gardening Tips & Flowers : How to Grow Common Garden Petunia (Petunia Hybrida)
February 3rd, 2010, No Comments
Common garden petunias, or petunia hybrida, are plants that are great for hanging baskets or outdoor gardens. Wait to cut garden petunias until they are done blooming withinstructions from a sustainable gardener in this free video series on flower gardening and plant care
