Lazy Gardening

Herbicides are chemicals used to control unwanted plants. All conventional or "organic" herbicides work by somehow interfering w...

This is another " Oops, should have thought a bit longer " post. I realized too late that there was a slower but less work way to ...

I will be publishing a series of posts on herbicides for weed control, explaining in a non-technical manner how to select the correct one fo...

For Occasional Use by a Lazy Gardener I seldom use fertilizers, but if I have to, I use the simplest ones that will do the job.  I am relu...

Flame Throwers and Weed Burners Weed burners or flamers are blowtorches adapted to deliver flames to ground level.  They do not have to bu...

There is something deeply satisfying about grabbing a fistful of weeds and yanking them out, roots and all. However, you have to make sure...

It's not the weeds you see that are the problem, it's the ones hiding in the dirt, waiting to grow. Weeds in Rye By Agronom (O...

This accidentally turned into a nice demonstration because the various leafy greens germinated in their soil blocks at different times an...

In its proper place, Bermuda grass ( Cynodon dactylon ) makes a good lawn or good pasture. Unfortunately it doesn't stay in its proper p...

We needed shade for the west wall of the house to keep the electric bills down, so we built an arbor. Then came the discussion of what to gr...

Through a chain of gardening blogs, I found Garden Rant's rant about the inability of Scotts Chemicals to comprehend that diversity in ...

This week I have some comparison photos. I took these by standing at the edge of the patio, with the camera pointed straight down. March 24,...

It's Memorial Day. I'm sitting in the shade with a beer! We had several cool, cloudy days with light rain, which is unusual for May,...

Not using a pre-emergent to prevent weed growth in a new lawn area is a major mistake, especially in Phoenix. The abundant water has encoura...