🌱 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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
Less Lawn - More Habitat: Take 2 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...
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...
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...
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, cut flowers to bring inside all season, or not. Now is a great time to think about what went...