Why Composting is Beneficial for Your Garden and the Environment

As we get into the month of November, you’re probably putting away your lawn tools and gardening equipment for the winter season. Even though we’re finishing up our lawn chores and landscaping tasks, we can still maintain our gardens in different ways during the off-season. Composting is a great way to recycle your food waste… Read more »

Create Container Gardens to Decorate Your Home or Business

Flowers, shrubs and ferns can be planted in just about anything. Although they’re ideally found in luxurious garden beds tucked under a blanket of mulch or soil, they’re also used for other things such as pots, hanging baskets, window baskets, wheel barrows and anything else you decide to get creative with. One great way to… Read more »

Water, weeds, mulch, oh my!

The 4th of July has come and gone. Independence is still in the air. You can smell it. You can hear it. If you’re lucky, you can even touch it. This means one thing: summer is here. For many, the 4th is the kickoff to summer. While we’re not planting trees in the summer, we… Read more »

Turn your Christmas tree into mulch

2013 has just arrived, but for many of us, that Christmas feeling is lingering.  Do you still have this year’s Christmas tree and wondering what to do with it?  Are you in need of a fresh bag of mulch?  After all, mulch season is fast approaching.  Well, if you live near Hyde Park in Chicago,… Read more »