Backyard Neophyte Landscaping Blog

It's that time of the year when you start to notice Japanese beetles getting into your yard and eating your trees and shrubs. They are q...

I have that Coldplay song Yellow stuck in my head as I look at all my plants turning yellow and ugly and getting ready for winter. Yuck. I...

My young river birch have brown rusty edges on some of the lower leaves. It looks like a fungal infection, probably from the humid weather (...

My river birch in the backyard are beginning to lose their red juvenile bark, and beginning to peel into papering adult bark. It's start...

I've been keeping a watchful eye on tree buds in my yard lately, tapping my toe and waiting impatiently for leaves to show. I thought I...

I was staring longingly at my yard through the sliding glass door, as I tend to do - wishing for Spring to come early - and I noticed my ...