How can I keep “bad” bugs out of my garden and attract “good” bugs? How can I control slugs and other soil insect pests? What insect...
Read More about Garden Bugs: Insect Pest Management in Home Vegetable Gardens
Learn the characteristics of various St. Augustinegrass cultivars along with requirements for grass establishment, maintenance, and control ...
Read More about St. Augustinegrass Lawns
Learn eight steps to ensure healthy and thriving plants—from analyzing the site and choosing the right plants to mulching and watering. In...
Read More about Planting & Establishing Woody Landscape Plants
Learn how to successfully grow landscape plants, including planting, watering, fertilizing, and pruning.
Shrubs and trees add beauty to h...
Read More about Woody Landscape Plants: Management
Applying the principles of Hopkins’ Law can help you determine your planting schedule based on predicted bloom times for your location.
...
Read More about Estimating Alabama Bloom Times Using Hopkins’ Bioclimatic Law
Growing roses can be a rewarding hobby, providing color and beauty for a gardener’s landscape from spring through fall, depending on the c...
Read More about Growing Roses
Ground covers are used to provide edgings to pathways, control erosion, and add interest to landscape design.
In agriculture, ground cover ...
Read More about Ground Covers for Alabama Landscapes
One planting of okra can produce both a spring crop and an even bigger fall crop if you follow a few simple guidelines.
...
Read More about Rejuvenating Okra: Producing Two Crops from One Planting
Learn—month by month—the necessary gardening activities for lawns and shrubs, annuals and perennials, fruit and nut trees, and b...
Read More about Alabama Gardener’s Calendar - June
Learn the best methods to control a plant’s shape, encourage flower or fruit production, and discourage disease.
The ...
Read More about Woody Landscape Plants: Pruning
Discover the different types of bedding plants, how to choose healthy plants and when and where to plant them.
The term bedding plant is no...
Read More about Annual Bedding Plants
Landscape design is the art of developing a property for its greatest use and enjoyment. Effective landscape design is also a scienc...
Read More about Residential Landscape Design