Colorado gardeners: get the right birdhouse sizes, placement tips, and annual care advice from Keith Funk and finally get tenants every spring.
Birdhouses in Colorado: Sizes, Placement, and Care Tips
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Keith Funk
Keith Funk is a longtime gardener, educator, and radio host known for making practical gardening advice simple and approachable. Through his writing and the Garden Wise Guy brand, he helps gardeners grow smarter, healthier landscapes by blending research, real-world experience, and a passion for myth-busting common garden myths. Full Bio
February – The Garden Wise Journal – Newsletter
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Myth: You should put rocks or gravel in the bottom of containers to improve drainage. Reality: Research shows this actually creates a perched water table, keeping water higher in the soil column and leading to soggier roots, not better drainage. It also takes up...
February Garden Tips
February is an exciting month in the garden. Spring is just around the corner, and my imagination is running wild with plans, ideas, dreams, and a serious case of cabin fever. Time to get out of the house and get myself to as many garden centers as possible. Time to...
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Grow a Garden That’s Always in Season
Hollyhock and Snapdragon leaves may start developing small, rusty spots on the underside of the leaves. This is a disease called rust and will eventually kill the plants. Remove infected plants as soon as they are noticed. Next year, plant something else or use Fertilome Liquid Systemic Fungicide before the problem appears.