There was a time when “fall clean-up” meant getting out the loppers and hedge trimmers and taking almost everything in our gardens down to the ground. It was about leveling and cleaning away all the leaves and old seed heads. But that was then. Now there’s a growing movement to leave
Are our summer heatwave and the smoke from the forest fires in the Pacific Northwest prompting you to spend a little less time outdoors this summer? That’s my excuse for not keeping as close an eye on my yard and garden as I usually do. So now, I’m playing catch-up
Did you know that now is exactly the right time to begin paying it forward for a thick, healthy lawn that’s just perfect for outdoor barefoot fun this summer? John is Tagawa’s top lawn care advisor. He’s developed the “Grey Kitty Lawn Care Program.” It’s all laid out, step-by-step, in
Japanese beetles may be the most hated insect in our Colorado gardens, and now is the time to brace for their summer invasion. They’re beautiful little creatures in their way…. about half-an-inch long, have shiny metallic emerald green bodies with bronze wings, but that’s as far as the admiration goes. Japanese beetles
As summer begins, the frenzy of getting our gardens up and running should be easing a bit. That makes this a good time to start playing detective. What problems are you seeing in your landscape? Are they serious or just a nuisance? And what should you do to take care
It’s been a rough summer for the tomatoes in my garden. Record-setting heat has caused a lot of the problems. With so many weeks of 90 degrees and up, many of the blossoms on my plants failed. The heat damages the pollen and the flower simply drops off, leaving behind
Every summer I’ve been blaming grasshoppers for ruining the leaves on my late-blooming anemones. And the ‘hoppers are definitely not off the hook. But when I heard that the folks at Dick’s Corner at Tagawa’s have been diagnosing lots of damage from blister beetles, I got to thinking. And looking. And
