Spraying mosquitoes kills bees
Spraying your yard for mosquitoes kills bees. It’s not so great for people either. The…
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Planting Logs to Grow … Soil
You may have noticed a cascade of “planted” logs in a front garden on Springdale…
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When cheap trees aren’t
“What are the cheapest, biggest, fastest trees I can get?” This is my brother on…
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Woo Woo Two
I was checking the grounds for a summer camp art class when–as though by stage direction (Enter…
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What I saw Saturday morning
Early Saturday in December, our tiny front garden: the grasses are bathed in light. Behind…
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New American Cottage Garden
A friend of mine was visiting and blithely called my front garden “cottage style.” It…
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Woo woo begins
I’ve decided to come clean–about using a pendulum and connecting with nature spirits. I like…
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Seeing red
Recently, I read a blog by a disappointed purchaser of “Shenandoah” switchgrass (Panicum virgatum “Shenandoah”)….
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What’s a homeowner to do?
The grass won’t grow but the moss is. The shrubs are covering the windows and…
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Leftover lawns
When you don’t think about defining space, lawns become troublesome. They become the leftover carpet…
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