Anatomy of a tree Most property owners have at least one tree on their land. But how much do you really know about these large plants? Trees come in many shapes and sizes — from a tiny bonsai tree to a towering redwood — but all of them have a very basic anatomy in...
How to tune up your lawnmower Purchasing and maintaining a lawn mower isn’t cheap, but it will cost you even more if you don’t properly care for the machine. It will also not work as efficiently, or maybe at all, if it isn’t given routine maintenance and a tune up. So...
Remember when the chores were getting passed out as a kid and you got “raking leaves.” It always sounded much easier and faster than it ended up. If your yard had a big yard with a lot of trees, you could be out there for hours before you had grass cleared and a pile...
Somewhere, right this moment, someone is “volcano mulching” a tree. You’ve no doubt seen this practice but maybe didn’t realize that’s what it was called, or that it was harming the tree. Like the name suggests, volcano mulching is when you build up a mountain of...
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