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 […] …
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.
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 […] …
Native Tennessee Rain Garden Plants
Tennessee receives a lot of rainfall, which can create many benefits in your home landscape if properly leveraged. Rain gardens are planted depressions in the landscape designed to catch and soak in rainwater runoff and planted with species that match the soil moisture conditions present. Many native Tennessee plants that are commonly found along streambanks […] …
Rainwater: Your Liquid Asset A Home Stormwater Exercise
Stormwater is water that falls through rain (or snow) that does not soak in to the surface where it falls. In many urban and suburban areas, large amounts of stormwater are produced because the surfaces where rain falls are buildings, pavement or even compacted soil. Stormwater is important because it can result in flooding, erosion, […] …
Safety of Herbicides Compared to Other Commonly Used Chemicals
Herbicide refers to a product that is used to control weeds. Herbicides can be chemicals specifically formulated to control weeds or they can be other products typically used for other applications (salt, vinegar). It is important for landscape managers, gardeners, and those who work with gardeners and homeowners to be aware of the safety and […] …
