Winnipeg Free Press

September in the garden: aphids, compost and roses that won’t bloom

It has been a beautiful start to the month of September with warm days and sunny skies. Temperatures, though, are starting to dip to below 10 C at night, which means that some gardening tasks such as ...
The San Bernardino Sun

Gardening: Building a compost pile, planting roses and fertilizing ferns

Five things to do in the garden this week: 1. Build a compost pile as you would craft a lasagna. Construct the pile by alternating 2-inch layers of brown (dead leaves, wood chips, straw) and green ...
Los Angeles Daily News

5 things to do in your garden: Water early and add compost, prune roses, harvest onions and garlic, plant shade-loving annuals, deadhead geraniums

1 Save money by watering your plants and lawn very early in the morning; also by adding a 4-inch-thick blanket of organic compost or bark in flower beds and under shrubbery. It really helps to ...
Chicago Tribune

Putting your roses to bed for winter doesn’t necessarily mean adding a mound of compost

You likely do not need to mound your roses for the winter, though it depends on what type of roses you are growing. I see many roses in home gardens that are mounded that do not need to be. Landscape ...