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I am REALLY trying to make my landscaping pop this year! Lots of work going into it and lots of

Directions Step 1: Plant a small area of Bermuda sod Water the sod according to usual recommendations Wait 3 weeks

There are 2 methods for planting Zoysia plugs 1st method:  Planting Zoysia plugs from sod Plant a small section of

Introduction:  Step by step instructions for planting grass plugs from sod with the ProPlugger (usually zoysia, bermuda, or centipede grasses)

Introduction:  Some additional information to Planting grass plugs with sod.  This includes herbicide use, watering, and a few other items.

Planting grass plugs from trays purchased online is a great option for filling in small or medium sized areas with

Directions: Step 1: Dig the planting holes Use the depth rings to dig 2″, 4″, or 6″ deep planting holes

Directions: Step 1: Dig planting holes 6″ apart Dwarf Mondo is a slow spreader so take that in consideration when

Introduction:  Use the ProPlugger as a soil sampler probe to collect soil samples for testing. You can take 2″ and

Planting summer bulbs in the spring: Gladiolus, Iris, and Ixia’s using the ProPlugger   Kenny Cooper is a husband, father

Transplant grass plugs from healthy areas of your lawn to bare spots with the ProPlugger Grasses that can be plugged:

Many weeding tools have difficultly pulling weeds like wild onion and wild garlic because of their deep root systems.  

In this video I show how I plant Peppers, Tomatoes, and Strawberries. I also show the progress of the cool

Hey guys, In this video I want to share with you how I’m going to take some of this beautiful

Why is planting plugs instead of larger plants in a landscape often a better idea? Let’s start planting the landscape design

Moving plugs of your Kentucky Bluegrass into areas that have been damaged or had germination problems is a great way

Slide the 4″ depth ring onto the ProPlugger to set the depth of the hole Dig planting holes 6″ –

Hi Everyone, It’s a beautiful fall day in Minnesota and today we’re going to talk about something different. We’re going

Morning Everybody. This is John at Simply Sprouts Farm. Today we’re going to talk about garden tools. In particular, one

Last year, I posted about a new perennial plug planting I did in June of 2016. In that post, Planting Plugs

Use the ProPlugger 5-IN-1 planting tool to plug and plant spreading grasses such as Zoysia, Bermuda, and Centipede Not recommended for

Learn how to plug bermudagrass! Plugging bermuda or plugging grass that spreads is a great alternative when trying to fill

Jim was looking for a solution to his shady lawn where large oak trees were causing thinning of his St.

Camille from Wilmington, NC shows how she takes soil samples with the ProPlugger as well as pulling out wild garlic/onion

A long anticipated springtime has arrived! Homestead Purple verbena spilling over the wall, where it will bloom faithfully, summer through

Roses in bloom!  Our daughter Jill gave me two lovely roses for Mother’s Day one year. The double pack was

A true highlight in July is our Harlequin glorybower in bloom! The tree practically quivers with butterflies and hummingbirds lighting on the

As I sit here with my morning coffee, local nurseries are scurrying around like busy bees setting up their plant

When to plant pansies: If you’re looking for color in your garden long after the leaves have fallen from the

Digging the planting hole: Step 1 Use the metal adapter plates provided to set the desired depth of the hole,

Impatiens should be called the “shiekh of the shade garden.” Along with coleus, they’re one of the most adaptable flowers

Let’s face it, most bulb planting methods have us spending a lot of time bending over or on our knees.

Let’s face it, most bulb planting methods have us spending a lot of time bending over or on our knees.

Let’s face it, most bulb planting methods have us spending a lot of time bending over or on our knees.

Not to be confused with sea anemone, a stinging polyp that lives under the sea, the land loving anemone is

Feeding: When the leaf tips begin to poke out of the ground, apply a 5-10-10 fertilizer. About the time of

Caladium is a tropical foliage plant native to Brazil. It’s considered an easy to grow plant, especially when planted in the

If you’re looking for fragrance in your spring garden, make sure you plant plenty of hyacinths. This stately spring flowering bulb

If you’re looking for summer blooming flowers and a chance to fill a vase with a bouquet of cut flowers, you can’t

Like a skyscraper towering over townhouses in a big city, Allium will rise above the rest of the flowers in your

Just about the time you think you can’t take another day of the winter drabness, the colorful blooms of crocus

Also known as snowdrop, galanthus is a plant that flowers about the same time as crocus (March through May, depending on where you

Gladiolus, or Glads as they are often referred to, add greatly to the summer garden with their tall spikes of

Scilla is the sweetheart of the woodland and rock garden. It grows well in partial shade and in less than

If you’re looking to brighten up your yard and have eye-popping flowers available to display in a vase, plant ranunculus. Ranunculus come

We all love a lush, green lawn and while there are many varieties of grasses to choose from, there are

Of all of the common methods for building a new lawn (sodding, sprigging, seeding and plugging), seeding can be the least expensive initially. It

There are 2 methods for planting Centipede plugs 1st method:  Planting Centipede plugs from sod Plant a small section of

Buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloidesis) is the grass of the Great Plains. It is one of the true native grasses, one that

I have a house in Waves NC on the Outer Banks, 12 lots back from the oceanfront, so my soil

When we harvest our lawn plugs for transplanting, we pull the donor plugs in a tight grouping (approx 3″ apart) which

St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum), like Bermuda, is a favorite of the warmer climates. It is native to the tropics