Prevention, identification, and control of wildlife damage
are becoming an increasingly important part of home landscapes. As more people
move into areas previously...
The values of landscape plants are many, including their influence on
climate, air purification, erosion control, noise reduction, privacy
screening, and increasing property value.
Lawn mowing requires more time than all other operations involved in
maintaining a high-quality lawn. Bagging and removing grass clippings
just adds to the...
Many gardeners grow herbaceous plants to add color and texture to the
spring, summer, and fall landscape. "Herbaceous" means non-woody, and
includes many common...
Duckweed and watermeal are two free-floating plants whose populations
can attain nuisance levels in Ohio ponds. Their explosive reproductive
capacity can...
The traditional methods of weed control in flower plantings consist
of manual cultivation, hand pulling and mulches. However, in recent
years chemical companies have...
Nearly every garden or landscape has a shady spot. Shadows may be
cast
from overhead branches, nearby buildings, plants, fences or walls and
may change...
A mulch, by definition, is a layer of bark, sphagnum peat moss, muck
peat, compost, pine needles, gravel, plastic, or any similar material
uniformly...
Vegetable plants grow best in a fertile, well-drained soil of loamy
texture. Sandy loam soils, well-supplied with organic matter, are
easily worked and...
Shiitake (she-e-ta-kay), the Japanese forest mushroom (Lentinus
edodes), is a nonpathogenic fungus that can be grown on a variety of
currently underutilized logs. Shiitake...
