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Pruning Raspberries in Utah

Spring pruning of raspberry plants in Utah is simple. Time to clean out the raspberry patch! Here is how we do it in our backyard.

How to Reseed Spots in your Utah Lawn - super fast!

When you need to reseed over your lawn, watch the How-to video already published. This is a 13 second fast overview.

How to Reseed Spots in your Utah Lawn

How-To Reseed Spots in your Lawn - Last night before the rain, here is what we did on a spot of our lawn that the grubs invaded last summer. We took care of the grubs last year, but now need to re-seed the area this spring. Here are simple easy steps to reseed those areas. This is a solution to other lawn damage from grubs, mold, fungus, and pet urine. April is a great time with all the natural moisture we are getting! Thanks for shopping Western Gardens!

Do you hate spraying for insects that eat your plants? Though previously posted, here are more detailed steps to our process: 1. Husband (Lee) ventured out to the yard with pen, paper, and measuring tape. He measured the size - height or trunk circumference - according to whether a tree or shrub. (See product label) 2. He organized his notes in a row of each plant so he knew where to start in the yard and where to stop. (See paper on video) 3. He calculated (according to the product label), how many ounces of product he needed to place on that particular plant. 4. With paper on inside mud room counter, a pen, and calculation of how many 1/2 cups are needed for the number of ounces for each tree, wife (me) would check off each measurement as I filled a bucket of water and counted the appropriate product amount into the water. 5. Lee takes the bucket to drench around the base of the plant while I begin filling and mixing the next bucket for the next tree on the list. (Be sure to check it off so you don't get mixed up where you are on the list.) 6. When Lee drenched a particular tree, he marked with a big stick the next tree he was to do, so he didn't mix up which tree was next on our long row of 15+ arbor vidas. 7. I used gloves because I was working with the chemical. 8. We kept our dog inside the house until the drench had soaked down into the ground with no chance of the pet licking up the water solution. 9. If we could have turned on our outside water, we could have done it outside with the use of a hose to fill the buckets. 10. Do NOT use the measuring tools for any food preparation. Our chemical measuring spoons and cups are kept separately with our garden tools. We rinse out the buckets and place in a shed to be used for non-edible uses. (We don't even use them for waterfights.) 11. Product comes in various sizes so you can purchase just what you need. This drench has particularly saved our Tri-color beach in our front yard from wholly

Before spring is fully here, now is time to do a tree and shrub insecticide systemic drench. We have found it really helps the plants in our yard that are susceptible to aphids, spider mites, and other destructive little critters (see label). And it saves spraying throughout the season. We drench all our major evergreen shrubs, cedars, pines, spruces, and our tri-color beech trees in our yard. *For our rose bushes, we will do a different rose fertilizer systemic insecticide in a fewbweeks. *In the video, you will see the chart I use to know how much product to add to the bucket of water for each plant. It goes a lot faster to have 2 people working at it. - One fills the bucket according to which plant is next on the chart. - The other person is walking to each plant in the yard, dumping the bucket of solution around the base of the plant, then bringing back the empty bucket to be filled again while they take the next readied bucket to the next plant. *Always use gloves with chemicals and always read the instructions on the label. *Do not reuse any measuring tools with food preparation. We save the measuring cups and spoons in a separate garden tool location. *Come in and see us to get the correct product for your needs.

This afternoon was a beautiful time to transplant dormant shrubs. See how to do it. Finish up with another good soaking of water after compacting the soil.

We are so ready for Spring. Are you? Look at what's coming to the garden center soon! #utahgardens #saltlakecitygardencenters #utahgardening #utahgardener #utahgardens

Some of the beauties that will be waiting for you after the storm.

More seeds just arrived! We are so excited! We love how much information is contained on (and in) Botanical Interests seed packages.

A peek at our Christmas decor that is now 50% off (excluding fresh trees, fresh wreaths, and fresh garland).

Bring some beauty inside and help filter your air with some wonderful plants. Come see us for suggestions.