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Shifting to Diverse & Resilient Landscapes Doesn’t Have to Be Dramatic
🌱 Former client (who now has a fabulous, native, backyard garden) sent an email last week: "We lost two Arborvitae in the front yard along the driveway. How do I fix this?" CONDITIONS: Full sun, sharply-drained soil with deer browsing pressure. Garden center would...
Healthy Home Habitats’ New Raised Food Garden Beds!
Exciting! It’s finally time to put raised, food garden beds in the backyard of the Healthy Home Habitats Demonstration Gardens. These have been a long time coming. It took several years to accurately decide the best sun location, what type and style of raised bed, and...
Two Spring Things for More Songbirds!
I’m still waiting for the songbirds this spring. Maybe you have noticed fewer songbirds in your neighborhood too? Did you know that there are two, simple changes you can make to your home landscaping that will help? Just these two, new choices will increase the number...
5 Choices for an Easier more Enjoyable Landscape Next/This Year!
The morning air is cooler now. You know it’s getting to be late summer, and we’re beginning to think about, don’t say it, Fall. You’ve mowed the lawn, picked vegetables, and cut flowers to bring inside all season, or not. Now is a great time to think about what went...
Preparing for a Season of More Butterflies & Birds!
Good news! As our spring bulbs begin to awaken, we have new choices for a healthier, more lovely and lively garden this year. We are learning that our gardens, plants and pollinators need exactly what we thought we were supposed to “clean” every year. Surprisingly,...
New Choices for Your Gardens This Spring -a Season of More Butterflies & Birds!
Good news! As our spring bulbs begin to awaken, we have new choices for a healthier, more lovely and lively garden this year. We are learning that our gardens, plants, and pollinators need exactly what we thought we were supposed to “clean” every year. Surprisingly,...
SHIFTING TO A LANDSCAPE OF NATIVE PLANTS
Less Lawn - More Habitat: Take 2 Â We're in my 'Alternative Backyard Demonstration Area'. The backyard is framed by native plantings but still had a lawn in its center. For two years I have mown only an outside edge and a spiral through the grass leaving a...
Native Plants still have Gorgeous Leaves in November!
 Yes, the beautiful leaves of many perennials, shrubs and trees have passed. Are you feeling like Old Man Winter is about to pounce? Well not quite yet. Let’s take a look at some of my favorite November leaves in the HHH demonstration gardens, still gracing our...
So many baby, native, Oak trees, and so many possibilities!
Do you ever tire of pulling the baby Oak trees that sprout up in your landscapes every season? They are, as I’m sure you know, courtesy of our forgetful squirrels that bury them to eat later, and then forget them. They are also nature’s way of reminding us that we...
