Feb 28, 2024 | Disease Control, Garden Care, Video
The best time to prune roses in the Seattle area is late February through early March. You don’t want to do it too early in the season because pruning encourages new growth. “Pruning earlier than that risks the new growth getting killed off by bad weather,...
Feb 27, 2023 | Disease Control, Lawn Care, Video
This is a great time to get your lawn mower ready for the mowing season. Cleaning and sharpening the mower blades will help keep your lawn healthy, and sharp mower blades make mowing easier. If you keep your lawn healthy, you will have fewer problems with weeds and...
Aug 30, 2022 | Disease Control, Garden Care
Have you seen powdery mildew on your plants? This is the time of year when conditions are ideal for this fungal disease. Powdery mildew is common on a wide range of plants, including annuals, perennials, food crops such as squash and pumpkins, and ornamental shrubs...
Mar 24, 2022 | Disease Control, Eco-friendly Gardening, Lawn Care, Video
It’s spring, which means it’s time to get ready for the lawn mowing season. This year In Harmony is launching Bee Friendly Lawn. Join us in helping save our native bees by keeping a healthy lawn. If you keep your lawn healthy, you will have fewer problems...
Oct 15, 2021 | Disease Control, Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care, Landscape Care, Lawn Care, Pest Control
Cleaning up your landscape in the fall will help keep it healthy and reduce maintenance tasks next year. But some fall cleanup can be unnecessary or even counterproductive. Here are some tips and what to do—and what not to do. Fall garden cleanup: do this Do rake...
Jul 15, 2021 | Disease Control, Pest Control, Tree Care, Watering
With the prolonged drought this spring, and the recent record heat wave, your trees are likely suffering from drought stress. This makes them more prone to diseases and pests. You need to water your trees during hot, dry weather to keep them healthy and improve their...
Oct 15, 2020 | Disease Control, Garden Care, Lawn Care
The heavy rains we have had lately may have led to mushrooms sprouting in your lawn or garden beds. Clients often ask us if they should worry about these mushrooms. Should you be concerned? In most cases, having mushrooms in your lawn is a good sign. It means that it...
Jan 9, 2020 | Disease Control, Pest Control, Tree Care
Some unwanted insects and mites survive the winter on leafless twigs, tree bark or hardened-off evergreen needles. Dormant oils can kill these pests without harming the trees. In Harmony uses dormant oils in winter as needed to kill the eggs or mature females of...
Dec 13, 2019 | Disease Control, Garden Care, Tree Care
The leaves have fallen from most trees and shrubs. Now you can see the “bones” of your landscape, the structure and shape of your plants. This is a great time to walk around your landscape and look carefully at your trees and shrubs. Do you see branches...
Oct 4, 2018 | Disease Control, Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care, Video
Our compost tea brewers are up and running. Soon we will begin spraying compost tea on our clients’ landscapes as part of our natural tree and shrub care service. Our clients tell us that they have seen healthier plants, more flowers and less disease. We...
Jun 8, 2018 | Disease Control, Garden Care, Recommended Plants
Roses are in bloom right now in Seattle. Many people love the beauty and fragrance of roses. But growing roses in western Washington can be challenging. Our moist, cool weather is ideal for diseases such as black spot, rust and powdery mildew. Roses are...
Nov 14, 2017 | Disease Control, Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care, Video
We are now applying effective microorganisms to our clients’ trees and shrubs. This is a mixture of beneficial bacteria and beneficial fungi. It builds biological activity in soils, helping your plants to stay healthy. This video explains what EM is, what it...
Aug 10, 2017 | Disease Control, Garden Care
Powdery mildew is a common disease in western Washington. Late summer and fall are prime times for powdery mildew to show up. The disease does best when damp nights are followed by warm, sunny days. There are many different species of powdery mildew, and each species...
May 8, 2017 | Disease Control, Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care, Video
We are currently spraying compost tea on our clients’ trees and shrubs. People tell us they have seen great benefits from compost tea, including healthier plants with more growth and greater vigor, less disease and more flowers. We have been using and brewing...
Apr 6, 2017 | Disease Control, Lawn Care
Have you seen yellow, brown or dead-looking patches in your lawn this spring? It may be infected with red thread. Our current wet weather pattern provides prime conditions for fungal diseases to sprout on grass and other plants. Overwatering and light, drizzly rains...
