Around the Yard – February

Having a weed-free lawn does not start during late winter or early spring, but now. There are many weeds to be suppressed /controlled before grass starts to green up. Here is a short list that you will encounter in your lawn.

Pruning: The kindest cuts

Sharpen those pruners. It’s time to start cutting in the garden. Despite a run of warm days, this is the season when many landscape plants are dormant — or as dormant as they’re going to be in our temperate climate.

Make Your Own Fertilizer To Get Proper Ratio

Saturday is the last of the pruning workshops at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Orchard in North Las Vegas. There will only be one class, which starts at 9 a.m. The rest of the time will be spent pruning fruit trees. Come

Farmers’ work continues in winter, despite what many might think (with video)

You might think that when winter comes, hardworking farmers forsake their fallow fields to travel south and kick back on a Florida beach to soak up the sunshine.