Pt. 3: How to Divide Ornamental Grasses by Expert Village

Okay we are going to do a little bit more cutting here of these grasses. We want to minimize the exposure as much as we can to the sunlight. So we are going to this burlap and cover these ones that we are not working with right now. This particular root... Read More »

Pt. 2: How to Divide Ornamental Grasses by Expert Village

Okay you can look here and see that there is a lot of new roots. These white fibrous roots are all the newly roots that are coming off of these plants and these redder ones are some of the older ones. What I am going to do because this is so heavily... Read More »

How To Trim A Black Eyed Susan by Expert Village

Now I've disbudded all of the flowers off of this really large plant. The next step is to start down at the base. You can see there's some small new growth coming up. I want to eliminate some of these leaves to help reduce on that transplant shock that I... Read More »

Tools for Transplanting Hostas by Expert Village

OK, every gardener needs good tools, and for dividing perennials I use two different types of tools. I use a spade her that has a very square edge blade, which is very good for cutting and also for digging around the base of the plant. And I have a... Read More »

Raised Garden Beds: Eliminating Transplant Shock by Expert Village

We are going to plant in this raised bed we are going to plant some strawberries that are in peat pots. These pots are made out of peat moss and are biodegradable and they eliminate transplant shock which is a primary problem with most plants. The only... Read More »