No residential landscape or garden in Tennessee will be able to reach its full potential unless water needs are taken into account and addressed. This publication provides an overview of plant water needs along with an introduction to different types of irrigation. Whether you are needing to irrigation ornamental beds or your vegetable garden, there […] …
Stewardship in Lawns, Gardens, and Landscapes
In Tennessee, we have a wide range of natural beauty, which include a diverse and valuable range of surface waters. We also have a growing population and expanding urban and suburban areas that can threaten these water resources, so residents are a critically important part of stewarding our soil and water resources. This section provides resources to assist citizens in designing and managing home landscapes in a way that supports soil health and high quality water resources.
Care of Ornamental Plants in the Landscape
There are many steps to ensuring that landscape plants perform well around our homes. Attention is needed to ensure proper watering, fertilization, and mulching along with pruning and other aspects of plant management. This publication provides an overview of the many practices required to keep landscape plants performing at their best in residential areas. Published […] …
Home Composting: A Guide to Managing Yard Waste
Composting is essentially the practice of controlling the natural process of microbial breakdown of organic matter. In residential landscapes, removed plants from the garden, leaf litter, tree trimmings, grass clippings and many other materials can be used in home composting systems. This publication describes the process and practices involved in residential composting to manage yard […] …
Leveraging Your Landscape
This publication is intended to help homeowners and landscape professionals analyze and change the function of outdoor spaces. https://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/W869.pdf …
Managing Wildlife Around your Home
Residential landscapes can be excellent places to attract and view wildlife, and they can also be the site of many issues with nuisance wildlife. This publication discusses ways homeowners can create a landscape that attracts many beneficial wildlife species as well as how to deal with nuisance animals that are also often found in residential […] …
