Category: Lawn Care and Your Ride On Lawnmower

Container Gardening Techniques

Horticulturist Mimi Shanahan demonstrates flower planting in a clay container.

Square Foot Gardening Tips: January

Patti Moreno, The Garden Girl & Mel Bartholomew of Square Foot Gardening, discuss what gardeners are doing in the month of January. Don’t forget to visit squarefootgardening.com and gardengirltv.com for more. Distributed by Tubemogul.

Feds to limit gardening? (Monsanto, seeds, Ron Paul)

Sponsor: PatriotInternet.com – A piece of outside-New-Hampshire-news so important even I can’t avoid reporting on it. Remember Stalin and Mengistu? The Ukraine Famine and the Ethiopian wastelands? What Washington is doing now is similar to what those dictators did before their genocide…..

is there any way to get out of an apartment lease?

Christina E asked: my boyfriend and i have been in the same apartment for almost 7 months but he works in lawn care …not landscaping. Since this recession business has been slow and we cant afford it what can we do? we both are working 2 jobs and still cant afford it. I am sure [...]

Why do people from the Middle East not care about the appearance of their houses?

Russell Upsomegrub asked: I had neighbors once from the Middle East. they let their brand new house fall to pieces and their lawn was atrocious.I thought it was maybe just an isolated thing, and I did not want to have predjudice thoughts.
But I have a business that serves a neighborhood with several Middle East [...]

Earth Day Special: DIY Gardening, Threadbanger

To celebrate Earth Day, we are going to visit a cool DIY backyard, learn how to compost, and show you how to create your own indoor garden. With a special Earth Day Karaoke session and a simple quick tip, this week’s episode is our greenest one yet. Links in this Episode: American Horticulture Society – [...]

32 weeks pregnant is it safe to mow the yard on riding mower?

Katy asked: not sure if the bouncing around and stuff is safe or not this far along? what do you think? Its also VERY hot outside about 100 with high humidity, but I can drink lots of water and take a break to take care of that, we have a large lawn. Any advice? My [...]

What tools would i need to start a successful lawn care business? And how do i attract customers?

derrick b asked: I’m looking to start a business in lawn care and landscaping. I know all the tools i need and have them for concrete work. But im also looking to get into retaining walls, mulch beds, blue prints for landscaping, decks and patios, mowing, and of course any other odds and ends. I [...]

Easy Vegetable Gardening

Overview of our gardening DVD on turning your backyard into a your own organic produce department, step-by-step from soil prep, planting, pest control, harvesting and storage of your bounty

Survival Gardening Part 1 peak oil, food storage, TSHTF

In a new series of video we discuss and will show methods of gardening “when it counts.” The first 3 short videos detail some of the pitfalls and perils to the common survival/preparedness thinking of “when my storage food runs out I’ll just grow a garden.” Intermixed throughout the first three videos are also invaluable [...]