Carolyn Pfaff

Dormant Feeding of Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, and Other Desirable Plants in the Landscape –– Once deciduous trees are fully in color and dropping leaves (usually around mid-October), it is time for dormant feeding of trees and shrubs.  Trees, shrubs and evergreens (except those planted within the last year and well-established trees), perennials and bulbs will

Control Broadleaf Weeds with TRIMEC Liquid Herbicide – EVERYONE has weeds in their lawns in September.  I had weeds in my lawn; The Lawn Depot had weeds; all of you have weeds in September.  Why?  Because there are weed seeds everywhere, in every neighborhood, all the time.  These weed seeds blow around with the summer

It’s not officially fall just yet (I’m writing this Newsletter on September 10th), but there’s definitely a fall feel in the air.  We’ve been having overnight low temperatures in the 50s and low 60s; daytime highs have been mostly in the 70s and low 80s; the leaves on many trees have begun to turn and

August and September in the landscape are for planting of fall mums, perennials and shrubs, for cutting down or removing leggy/overgrown annuals, for scarifying crusty spring mulch and pulling weeds from the beds, and applying fresh mulch for the fall and winter blanket. Until we’ve had a killing frost (around late October) it’s still too

Fertilizing Lawns in the Fall – Because lawns have been actively growing all summer without respite, they are now pretty well out of gas.  They need to be fed as they enter the active fall growing season. Lawns should be fertilized twice each and every fall.  This first feeding is to green it back up