YardApes now has licorice root mulch available. What is licorice root mulch?  It is the sterilized remainder of steam processed licorice root. The nitrogen and nutrients stored in the fiber are available to plants while it decomposes. For Organic gardeners it is an alternative to bovine and equine based mulches and soil amendments.

The optimal time to fertilize your rhododendrons and azaleas is now–May/June.  Organic fertilizers are ideal.  At YardApes,  we prefer Hollytone. Fertilization promotes plant health and plentiful blooms in the coming year.

The New Milford landscapers have suffered from performance anxiety the past two weeks as they have dropped four straight games. Both the defense and the bats have struggled.

Take a photo of your daffodils so in the fall when you set out to plant more bulbs,  you’ll know where the existing bulbs are and you’ll be able to easily identify “thin areas” that require additional bulbs.

Jayson Roberts was throwing darts Tuesday night, as a result a normally very good hitting SouthKent team couldn’t handle his junk. With just a little help from the defense the YardApes were able to pull off the victory 4-0.    Erik Brown, Dennis Federle, and Tim Lampron all went 2 for 3 and scored all four runs for YardApes. 

Next Game is Monday at 7:30pm against New Milford Spirit Shoppe.    

YardApes Landscaping played Stone Gardens to open up the season. Both teams were moved up to “A”  division this year due to their matchup in last year’s “B” Division championship, which YardApes won. Stone Gardens had the tying & go ahead runs on base in the bottom of the seventh inning, but Dennis Federle’s nice play in Center field made the final out & locked down the victory. Next Game is 5/4 @6:15pm.

We volunteered our time to install a new walkway, spread 60 yards of topsoil, seed and straw on Earth Day as part of PLANET Day of Service.

Our Skid Steer got a flat tire, and nobody around was able to fix it.  So Greg dove in and dead-lifted the 250-pound tire into the truck.  Those 5 am workouts are finally paying off!

Unusually warm weather is forcing plants to bloom three weeks early this year!