Every year about this time, when the garden is planted, the flowerpots are blooming merrily and I’m caught up with weeding, I get the urge to “do something with bricks.” The itch intensifies when the Sunday Menards ad proclaims a sale on bricks at 4/$1. There are many places in a typical yard [Continue]
The recent rains have been like a mega-dose of multi-vitamins for flower and vegetable gardens. Unfortunately, the weeds have taken the vitamins also and are proliferating. The good news is that weeds pull easily from rain-soaked soil. Spend the time in June to keep ahead of the weeds and you can relax in July and [Continue]