'Tis the season for cutting back your ornamental grasses! This time in April is a perfect time to start cutting them. We wait this long as the top of the grass will catch moisture during the winter for the plant as well as insulate the crown of the plant during the winter months. You will want to cut the grass as close to the ground as you can without getting into the dirt. In return, this will give your grasses more longevity. Don’t worry if they have started to grow new blades, cutting them down for this practice is healthy for the plant!

  There are over 39 species of bats in the United States with 36 of these species doing a remarkable job of eating mosquitoes and other flying insects. The gray bat alone can eat as many as 3,000 insects per night!

After being cooped up at home for almost a year, it’s a natural desire to want to get outside, do something productive, and start thinking about when to start seeding your garden. Plants and vegetables are two great planting options to destress and focus on something that makes you happy.  

Whether you have experience with seeding or not, here are a couple of guidelines on how to prepare your garden to be the best it can be.  

Walking through your neighborhood at this time of year, you feel the crispness of Fall in the air and are surrounded by the beautiful warm tones of leaves as they are changing color and crunching beneath your feet. Fall decorations adorn front porches with plump orange pumpkins, gourds a plenty and colorful bush-like plants known as mums. But what is a mum and why has it become so popular at this time of year?