Gardening Tips
Watering Your Lawn - The average lawn needs about an inch of water per week during normal conditions. Temperature, shade, wind, blade length, soil type, and evaporation will all affect your lawn's watering needs. As a rule, organic soils need less water than sandy soils. It is best to water your lawn and your garden in the morning, so they have all day to dry.
Soil Preparation - Soil provides the primary nutrients to sustain plants, and we recommend that you have your soil tested so that you know what additives are needed to optimize your soil conditions.
Landscaping Links
We have carefully selected a few quality gardening and landscaping related sites for your review.
The International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) has served the tree care industry for over seventy years as a scientific and educational organization. Here the ISA discusses insects and disease problems for trees.
Plant Health Care at the Morton Arboretum is a world-renowned Research Program that develops new trees, studies how trees survive in the urban environment, and saves endangered plants.
California Garden Clubs is the largest nonprofit volunteer gardening organization in the state of California. They are "devoted to the development of all phases of gardening, the betterment and beautification of the community, and the protection and conservation of our natural resources."
National Garden Clubs provides "education, resources and national networking opportunities for its members to promote the love of gardening, floral design, civic and environmental responsibility".
The Golden State Bonsai Federation (GSBF) is a "tax-exempt, educational organization, which provides services and activities promoting the art of bonsai throughout California."
Growing Native is a website dedicated to California's native plants.
Web Garden provides information on gardening, landscape horticultural, and turfgrass science.
I Can Garden provides information and tips on gardening, including zone maps.
Home & Garden Television Site provides comprehensive information and tips on gardening.
Dirt Gardener's Gardening Journal is a site dedicated to gardening news, tips, and information.
Marjorie Harris is the Editor-in-Chief of Gardening Life Magazine, and has written numerous gardening related books. Her site contains gardening information and gardening pictures.
Concrete Network provides information on a wide variety of concrete uses, including stamped concrete.
Contractor's State License Board provides consumers the ability to verify contractor's licenses and tips on what consumers should know before hiring a contractor.
