Lavendula Angustifolia – English Lavender is one of the most popular perennials. It is grown in many different climates and soil types. Keeping it looking it’s best adds to the enjoyment of having it in your garden. This video shows how easy it is to dead-head this plant to keep it looking great.

Water management is a big deal in our area as well as many others. Water is expensive and having a way to better manage the use of it is the beginning of not overpaying to irrigate your landscape. This video covers how to assess how much water is in the soil and whether it’s the right amount.

Cover Mulch is an important part of any finished plant design. In this video I cover how mulch helps maintain soil moisture, aids in irrigation water penetration and more. Many homeowners think mulch is only there as an aesthetic element, but it is more functional than aesthetic, learn why.

This video covers digging a planting hole. Jeff Wortham shows you how to dig more efficiently using the right shovels in the right way. He uses a D – Handle Sharp Shooter shovel and a Round Point shovel together to make digging a plant hole easier.

Jeff Wortham shows how to dig a better trench. He uses a D – handle Sharp Shooter shovel and a Trenching or Clean Out shovel in tandem with one another. He covers the easiest way to dig a trench when landscaping.

This video is about shovels and which type does the best job for the task you are trying to accomplish in your landscape project. Jeff Wortham covers three different types of shovels and how to use them to make the job easier. There are also two follow up videos on How to Dig a better Trench and How to Dig a Better Plant Hole.

One of the best ways to create interest along with low maintenance is the use of colored foliages in a Plant Design. Whether using a chartreuse foliage in a shady area to bring light into the darkness, or using a bright red foliage surrounded by deep greens for contrast and pop, there are many choices of plants that can be used in this way. Some of these plants are also dwarf in size which creates more possibilities for places to use them. By not having to prune to keep a plant the size we want it the maintenance burden is lowered.

Most of us are so busy with the rest of what is going on in our life that doing a check of the landscape is pretty low on our list. As much as I love landscaping this holds true for me too. None-the-less, whether we want to know or not there are things going on all of the time. I find that doing a walk through at least once a month keeps me from getting too far behind on maintenance and some of the unexpected things that go with having a landscape. This is a walk through my garden on a June day to find out what I need to address. See if any of the things I pick up on might apply in your landscape.