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Spiders are among a garden’s best friends.  Spiders are superb predators and consume an immense number of insects.  A piece… Read More »Spiders in the Garden

PMG Speakers Bureau: Growing a Better Lawn Tuesday, June 4 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Our lawns offer aesthetic and… Read More »Upcoming Events

When spring arrives, gardeners participate in the annual ritual of mulching their gardens. Used correctly, mulch benefits the garden by… Read More »Mulch for the Home Landscape

June garden tasks include harvesting spring crops and continued planting of warm weather crops. Weed and pest management become important,… Read More »The Edible Garden in June

Timing is critical to keeping your ornamental garden looking interesting, particularly during the hot summer months.  The garden is in… Read More »The Ornamental Garden in June

Slugs are slimy, soft-bodied, legless mollusks, built like snails with no shells. They can do damage to edible and ornamental… Read More »Managing Slugs in Home Gardens

  With spring’s arrival, many of us marvel at the incredible diversity of beautiful blossoms that appear in the landscape… Read More »How Flowering Plants Attract Pollinators

It’s May and frosty nights are now a distant memory!  The garden centers are abuzz with plenty of exciting new… Read More »The Ornamental Garden in May

In the Virginia Piedmont we have had an early winter-spring transition this year. Gardeners who capitalized and planted spring crops… Read More »The Edible Garden in May

Cucumbers are, to me, a quintessential summer vegetable. (To paraphrase British humorist Miles Kington: Knowledge is knowing a cucumber is… Read More »Cucumbers