Did you get some on your boots this week? But wait, soil or dirt? Are they the same? We often refer to dirt with disdain, and maybe for good reason, as dirt contains only the mineral components of soil: sand, silt and clay. Dirt is missing the magic of soil, billions...
It's fun to find one of HHH's window box photos in this summer's Monadnock Table Magazine. The article is titled Growing a Kitchen Garden. Issue 78 • July / August 2024 The entire article can be found online at:...
I’m not going to lie. These are terrible times for woods and gardens around the world. As I mark my 61st year, my heart is broken for the environments we need that are being destroyed daily around the world. That said, I experienced a renewed glimmer of hope at a...
It’s high leaf season in the Northeastern US now. Buses bring city folk to our Monadnock roads and highways as the Leaf Peepers inside view the gorgeous displays of fall leaf color through glass. However, those of us who live here have more and different experiences...
Fall is a terrific time to make your home landscape more resilient to our climate changes. Extreme Heat Substantial shade and heat reductions of up to 10 degrees are just two of the twenty-two environmental benefits that mature, healthy, shade trees can offer at home....
Homeowners can save time, money and effort by choosing native plants for their home landscapes.
🌱ESPECIALLY hanging or perched containers. Think window boxes hung on a fence, one pot perched on top of another, and double buckets on a porch. This strategy keeps the vegetable plants out of reach of our wildlife neighbors and friends. No more time spent spraying...
As I’m finishing a second draft of my eBook, “Five Garden Choices for 65 Million Acres of Nature: Environmental Activism at Home” -yes I know that the title is too long, 🙂I’m also re-designing the demonstration gardens here at the Healthy Home Habitats house in Keene,...
Native Columbine can grow in full sun as well as almost full shade -whenever it doggone well pleases. https://plantfinder.nativeplanttrust.org/plant/Aquilegia-canadensis This can be frustrating, so I've learned to let go of my expectations. Now I spread seeds from the...
I think my Midwestern soul is turning Yankee. I used to love a good two-for-one project. But now I’m getting greedy with my desire for frugal use of time and resources. I want a three-for-one or a four-for-one project; I call this a ‘four-fer’, four benefits from one...