We all love our pets, but what happens when the neighbor’s pet becomes a pest in our yard? What can we do about it? Let me show you something over here. This is a Japanese Maple. “Boskoop Glory” in fact. It’s a very expensive plant. To put one in your landscape may cost $200 or [...]

The first step in installing a good-looking landscape is selecting a good edging. A good edging not only separates the lawn from a shrub bed but it also supports your lawnmower wheel when you mow around the landscape. And I like to use stone for this purpose. It lasts a long time and in this [...]

Fifteen years ago, when I planted this pine this close to my house, I didn’t think about how many needles I’d be cleaning out of the gutter every year. And as I think about it, some trees have a number of characteristics that I’d avoid if I had to do it over again. Shallow exposed [...]