(ARA) – Homeowners may not have the pest bird problems that plagued Tippi Hedren in Alfred Hitchcock’s unforgettable thriller “The Birds,” but pest birds can still ruin your day. Pest birds cost homeowners millions of dollars annually. The high...

(ARA) – Deer do some of their worst damage to your garden, landscape, trees and shrubs in winter, when other food sources are hard to come by. “In the early 1900s, there were probably only about half a million deer spread out all over the...

Songbird Essential's Seed Hoop catches 90 percent of spilled seed to keep feeding areas tidy. (ARA) – The backyard can seem barren and bleak when the leaves fall off the trees and the last blooming plant retires until spring. But there’s an easy way...

(ARA) – As Mother Nature adorns the trees in your yard with riotous reds, vibrant yellows and exotic oranges, you can easily get swept up in the romance of the season – until those leaves turn brown, drop from the branches and litter your lawn....

Tip: Once you know what you want to add, plant new perennials and shrubs in the fall, and you will have larger, stronger plants with better blossoms next spring. (ARA) – As the crisp fall air ushers in a new season, many gardeners may be left...