Gophers live throughout North America meaning every home and yard it at risk from the damage they can wreak. Whether it’s a ruined lawn, holes in backyard, dead plants, or potential gopher damage to the foundations of you home, this guide will show it all. If you want to know what gopher damage looks like,…
Category: Gardening
What Are the Orange Mushrooms in My Yard? (Orange Mushroom Identification)
The reasons why you have orange mushrooms in my yard is because you have fungi under your grass lawn’s surface. Orange mushrooms will grow in a backyard typically in wet seasons, and often very quickly after rainfall. But knowing what those orange mushrooms are is also important, as some can be poisonous. I’ve spent time…
Why is Moss Growing in My Yard?
If you’ve spent a lot of time and money on your yard’s lawn only for patches of moss to appear, it can feel like a losing battle. There are thousands of species of moss, but all share one characteristic – they are opportunistic and grow on lawns with little to no encouragement. Thankfully there are…
Why is Poison Ivy Growing in My Yard? (Getting Rid of it)
Most people consider poison ivy to be an unwelcome weed, and I count myself in that number. It’s invasive, can ruin the look of your backyard, and if touched can result in a painful rash… but just why does poison ivy grow in your yard? Poison ivy can appear to grow out of nowhere, and…
Why Are Mushrooms Growing in My Yard?
You can go to bed at night with no mushrooms in your yard or garden lawn. Then you wake up the next day, and there is an inexplicable outbreak of wild mushrooms, sometimes white, brown, or even yellow. It can be annoying and worrying. But don’t despair, because here’s why mushrooms are growing in your…
How Tall Do Brussel Sprouts Grow? ( + The World Record)
I’ve been growing Brussel sprouts in my backyard for a few years now and have managed to get a bumper crop this winter. In fact, the plants yielded more sprouts than before and were the tallest they had ever grown and … they were 3 foot tall! Brussel sprout plants can grow to be as…
