A.K.A How to deter and eradicate mosquitoes. Okay, we don’t really think that Mosquitoes have complex evil plans that they discuss over a fresh lunch of us, but they really are a hazard to our health and the health of our pets. This is especially so with invasive species...
You have (hopefully) been in the store and saw a sign kind of like one of these: But do you know why we carry beneficial insects? This blog is going to help the new gardener learn about beneficial insects, and hopefully, seasoned pros can learn some interesting things...
We all know that roses are the ultimate symbol of love and passion. It is maybe because we associate them with something as fickle as passion that we think of them as hard to grow, but they really are not. Today we will walk you through planting and care...
Repairing a broken lemon tree with “Mom’ Michelle Even you can fix a split tree trunk, says Michelle Leopold, the mom of our three Mom & Pop Stores, Marin Ace, Laurel Ace, and Standard 5&10 Ace Hardware… “If I can do it, you can too!” After several years of...
Here at Laurel we are super passionate about bees! We like all sorts of bees. We even like the letter B! Seriously though, we have committed to fight for our pollinators, because we know that without them, there would be no us. We plant pollinator gardens at home and...
New gardeners are always baffled by the plethora of choices when it comes to dirt. In this blog we are going to see if we can’t bring some clarification to the topic. First things first: It’s not dirt. The word dirt in fact means something that will make you...
Have you always wanted to plant an herb garden but you weren’t really sure what to plant, how to take care of it, or how to use the product? We will occasionally be posting blogs about either specific herbs or types of herb gardens. On this...
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