Posts by Jerry Somalski
5 Shrubs with Colorful Fall Foliage and Spring Flowers
How to add both spring AND autumn color and visual interest to your mid-Michigan garden with these five hardy and easy-care shrubs.
Read MoreBeautiful, Easy Fall Container & Planter Ideas
Easy tips and ideas for DIY fall container designs, including planter choices, plant selection, planting combinations, decorative items, seasonal care, and more.
Read More10 Summer Landscape Tips to Keep Your Yard Looking Great Through the Heat
Summers in Mid-Michigan can be tough on lawns, landscape plants, and trees. But that doesn’t mean your landscape can’t look terrific all season! Follow these simple tips to keep lawns green, flowers blooming, and shrubs and trees providing cooling shade until fall arrives.
Read More7 Lawnmowing Tips for a Perfect Mid-Michigan Lawn
Follow these simple lawnmowing tips to help your lawn look its best despite mid-Michigan’s highly variable weather. Best of all, it won’t require additional tools or lawn care products!
Read MoreFive Best Flowering Shrubs for Mid-Michigan Yards
Add color and a new look to your yard! Here are our top hardy flowering shrub recommendation to enhance your Mid-Michigan yard.
Read MoreMaintenance Tips for New Plants & Lawns
The most critical time for your new plants’ and lawn’s survival is the first year after planting or installation. Find out how to get your new perennials, shrubs, and lawn off to a great start so they’ll not only survive, they’ll grow into strong, healthy plants that enhance your landscape.
Read MoreHow Grub Control Products Work
This is a reprint of the best article I have seen on what products to use, when and why. It’s a little long but you will gain a full understanding of what it takes to be “grub free.”
Read MoreThe Amazing Cicada
If there is a chance you think insects are cool than check out this article Posted on May 8, 2013 by Duke Elsner, Michigan State University Extension on the Turf & Landscape Production Digest.
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