Protecting your Trees with Tree Guards

Protecting your Trees with Tree Guards

Fall is a time in Nebraska when deer and rabbits start to rub and chew on trees and cause severe damage.  Winter sun exposure and temperature extremes cause frost cracking.  Tree guards protect against both of these.  Install your tree guard now to prevent fall and...
What to Plant This Fall

What to Plant This Fall

FALL IS THE PERFECT TIME TO PLANT DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS.   The Autumn Blaze Maple and Burning Bush are the first thing most people think of when they think of fall color, however we have many other options available to us here in Nebraska and Iowa. Thinking...
Tips for Attracting Butterflies

Tips for Attracting Butterflies

Besides the sheer pleasure and beauty of turning a still garden into a suddenly moving one, there are many good reasons to plant a butterfly garden. For many of us, though, seeing the sheer delight of a four-year-old following butterflies around a garden is reason...
Tree Stakes & Straps Removal

Tree Stakes & Straps Removal

Are you killing your new tree? Newly-planted trees are often, but not always, supported by staking. Tree staking is normally done with straps or hoses around the trunk at the lowest branch crotches, then secured with wire to stakes that are pounded in the ground. This...
Victory Gardens

Victory Gardens

During World War II Americans across the country planted Victory Gardens to help win the war.  Plant a Victory Garden now to win today’s War and start harvesting the following benefits: Health and Nutrition – Even the freshest produce at the store is several days (if...