Growing sod or grass in Florida can be challenging due to the excessive sun and heat, often less than ideal soil conditions and the large and varied insect population. First let’s talk about sod. If you want an instant lawn that is a great combatant against weeds, sod is an excellent choice. Sod can also be planted just about any …
What Grows Best in Florida
Volusia County full of bounty, How does your garden grow? With palms, mimosas, Aromatic flowers for your nose…ah, And honeybells all in a row? Looking for a heady cocktail of perfume, color and lush green foliage? The Florida growing season is luxuriously long, and, lucky for us, the list of flowers, plants and trees that flourish here is just as …
Basics of Growing Tomatoes
Want some good news? In Florida, with the exception of times of frost and extreme summer heat, tomatoes can pretty much be grown year-round! You can plant tomatoes in August and September for a fall harvest and January to March for spring fruit. Just keep in mind that tomato plants produce the most fruit at 75-85 degrees. Oh, and here’s …
End of Season Gardening Tips
The end of the gardening season is the perfect time to reflect and improve upon your landscaping efforts for the new year; and no matter what you grow and how you grow it, there are always ways to enhance your yard. Take, for instance, your soil. Fall is the best time to build and adjust the nutrients in your soil …
A Helping Hand from Edgewater Yard Shop
I love that the chaotic cacophony created by the birds in Florida makes my backyard sound like a tropical oasis, that the bright colored flowers that flourish in Florida make my garden pop and that the extended growing season enables my plants to become lush and full. With all that going on, the only thing left is to landscape my …
How to Calculate How Much Material You Need for Your Yard
So, you’re embarking on your next landscaping project. You know what you’d like to accomplish, but how do you determine how much material you will need? Here is a professional landscaping tip from Edgewater Yard Shop – the landscaping material experts who have been providing homeowners business owners and contractors in East Central Florida with quality mulch, stone, soil, pine …
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If you’re looking for top-quality landscaping materials – like bark, granite, rock, chips and soil – at great prices, Edgewater Yard Shop delivers! Edgewater Yard Shop delivers when it comes to landscaping rocks, so take your landscaping to the next level and create a natural oasis with rocks and stones in all sizes and variations – from salt and pepper …
DIY Walkways with Stone or Rock
I can personally attest to the fact that adding a do-it-yourself walkway with stone or rock is an easy, inexpensive way to heighten the appeal of your landscaping. Stone walkways are a delightful addition from your patio to your pool or from your driveway to your front door; they can lead to a lovely garden or seating area; and they …
Types of Lawnmowers
Do you know which way to go when you are thinking to mow? There are a bunch of different types of lawnmowers available – each with its own set of advantages and disadvantages. The most basic is the push reel mower. When you push it, blades spin past a stationary blade to slice grass. The push reel mower was invented …
The Purpose of Weed Barriers
We block our grizzly opponents on the line of scrimmage. We block calls from those pesky unavailable numbers. We put up road blocks for protection against scary people. Oh, and let’s not forget, “Talk to the hand.” But here’s another important barrier – the weed barrier. Weed barriers (also called landscape fabric) are pretty much what they say they are …