If you still need a reason why you should start gardening, read on. Learning about the 6 health benefits of gardening might just be enough for you to finally get started. Here are the are: 1. It keeps you active and in shape Did you know that you could turn gardening into exercise? In the book,...
Gardening Tasks for the Winter Months With holiday obligations behind us, we can now focus on our winter gardening tasks again. And although the winter months don’t lend themselves to planting trees, and shrubs, there is still a lot that can be done, especially here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our climate is Mediterranean...
Although this article reports on the pandemic responses of Canadians I would say that pretty much the same is true for Americans. Just recently I had a conversation with a local nursery owner who says that he can’t keep vegetable seedlings stocked fast enough. Same goes for his supply of seeds. Read this interesting article...
With wildfires all around us we re-posting this article just to remind us all to be aware of the dangers a campfire, a dropped cigarette, or a spark from a lawnmower can pose. In this dry climate, it doesn’t take much as we all have learned. The devastation caused by the wildfire in California, Oregon,...
Fall is always a great time of year to leverage the cooler temperatures and take care of your yard. With the weather cooling down and winter just around the corner, it’s a smart idea to keep your yard cleaned up during the fall. Here are 7 simple fall yard maintenance tips to help you get...
Landscaping mistakes – who doesn’t make them? I am reposting this article, originally posted by Bob Villa and published here, to encourage some of our disheartened readers that even pros make landscaping gardening mistakes. So, here it goes: Green Thumbs Make Landscaping Mistakes Too Everything comes with a learning curve, including landscaping. That means the...
Landscaping…First Impressions Do Matter Residential properties that have a nice lawn and pleasing landscaping not only make homeowners proud, see an increase in market value too. This has been proven to be so many times over. Nicely designed and well cared for outdoor spaces yield a sizable return on investment that property owners love —...
At Shamrock Landscape, our goal with every customer is to create and facilitate a year-long lawn care plan for our customers in the Benicia, Vallejo, and American Canyon. A lawn care plan that keeps their lawn healthy over weeks, months, and years. With that in mind, we came upon an article we would like to...
Every homeowner has at some time or another a lawn that looks less than lush and healthy. So, we wanted to share some lawn care tips via this article. Read on… “Just like every home is different, so every lawn is going to have different requirements based on size, location, and many other factors. But...
Here is a great article on lawn mowing – written by – Gillian Cunningham and originally published here that I thought that I should share. So enjoy! “Whether you love mowing the lawn or hate it, it’s a job that needs to be done. As with most things, though, there’s a difference between doing it...