It’s that time of year again, time to begin thinking about SPRING! Every year at this time I teach homeowners how to prepare their yards for Spring! ARE YOU READY TO GET STARTED? As you know, I strive to keep gardening and yard work to a minimal (whose got time for yard work?) and I believe that in … [Read more...]
Top 4 posts of 2016!
2016 was a great year for My Landscape Coach and we have you to thank for your continued support and readership. I’ll talk about some of the highlights below. My Landscape Coach started the year getting homeowners excited about spring with the Countdown to Spring event. It was filled with tips, … [Read more...]
Countdown to Spring Event!
Happy February! Today marks the first day that we traditionally countdown to spring here in the southwest landscape community. February 1st is when us landscapers start prepping our yards, gardens, and landscapes for springtime. Did you enjoy your time off from yard work in January? Great, cause … [Read more...]
January Gardening in the Southwest
Traditionally, January is the coldest month in New Mexico and that is holding true this year. We have been blessed these first 12 days of the year with lots of precipitation. The El Nino weather system is really producing with rain, sleet and snow. And it’s not unlikely that we might see all of … [Read more...]
Weeds, weeds and more weeds.
Welcome KUNM listeners, glad to have you here on the blog. With all these Albuquerque rains the weeds are going gangbusters in yards over town. We covered a lot on the Thursday morning call in show so incase you missed something please check out the resources below about weeds. Regardless if they … [Read more...]
My Maintenance Month: Final tasks (garden clean up)
The final task is to lay down a PRE-EMERGENT on my native grass lawns to prevent weed germination. I use the brand, Concern Weed Prevention Plus, it is a natural product using corn gluten meal to create a weed prevention fertilizer. Here is a little bit more information on the … [Read more...]
HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY!
Just a short post here to say THANKS for a wonderful FIRST year of blogging. Its been a pleasure doing this blog and sharing my passions for Living Outdoors, Places to Play, Sustainable Design and Building Community with all of you. I look forward to continue to bring you content you find … [Read more...]
Three Easy TIPS to pulling weeds.
Did you hear that my Three Ways to Eliminate Weeds guide is out? I wanted to share with you a few tips from the guide below. I've heard from so many people that one of their biggest frustrations with their yard is the weeds. These are the same folks who want to be in the yard to RELAX … [Read more...]
