How to Prevent Weed Growth
No gardener wants to discover unsightly weeds growing alongside their vegetables or flowers. If you’re wondering how to stop them from invading your garden, we’re about to explore several methods for evicting these nasty trespassers. What is a Weed? What constitutes a weed very much lies in the eye of the beholder. Some are ugly […]
How to Transition Your Garden From Summer to Fall
It’s hard to believe fall is right around the corner. It’s funny how the change of seasons sneak up on us, right? Although summer is still in its full-scorching form, it’s time to start thinking about transitioning your plants and garden beds in anticipation of cooler days. That’s why the RELS Landscaping and Supply team […]
How to Create a Pollinator-Friendly Garden
For breakfast, maybe you enjoyed a bowl of fresh berries, toast with almond butter, a monstrous cup of coffee, and a frothy glass of orange juice. Without pollinators––our favorite garden friends that buzz about––that dry toast would be the only item on the menu. Bees, wasps, beetles, flies, butterflies, hummingbirds, and bats all play a […]
The Beginner’s Guide to Foodscaping
Whether you have ten acres or just a small plot of land, you can make your property work for you through foodscaping. It’s a sustainable approach to gardening without space-consuming rows and a dedicated garden area. Edible landscapes replace things like shrubs, flowers, and bushes with produce growing alongside your ornamental plants to make better […]
How to Protect Your Yard & Garden Against Summer Storms
For many of us, there’s nothing quite like a summer thunderstorm, especially if it’s a short and harmless one we can watch while tucked away safely inside. But what about the not quite so harmless ones? Lightning, torrential downpours with flooding, wind gusts, and hail will cause extensive damage to your property. How do you […]
How To Start A Garden in 2021, For Beginners – Part 2 of 2
In last month’s blog, we talked about the basics of garden planning, including clearing the ground, enriching, tilling, and turning your soil over. This month, we dig even further into our new gardening adventure with Part 2 of “Starting a Garden From Scratch.” You’ll be happy to hear that these next steps are likely to […]
How To Start A Garden in 2021, For Beginners – Part 1 of 2
Experienced gardeners know that getting through the winter in the chilly northeast means fixing your eye on the prize—spring! Just thinking about colorful flowers, delicious herbs, nutritious vegetables, or the perfect combination of all three, is a tried-and-true way to make it through the colder months while we wait for warmer weather. But what if […]