Top 15 Weeds to Watch For
Our go-to list for the top 15 weeds to look out for every spring! It’s best to learn how to recognize these perennial weeds when they’re young, so they don’t become a pain later on. These weeds show up early spring and the key is to remove them as...
Why “This Instead of That” Works in Ecological Gardening
This instead of that, meaning, this native over that invasive. Who gives us the biggest bang for our ecological-gardening buck?Short answer: start with keystone plants, add pollinator workhorses, and let your garden be a little imperfect so it can be very alive....
Leave the Leaves!
Fall leaves a gillion little gifts on the ground. Before you haul it away, consider letting some of it do what it does best—feed the place you live and leave the leaves. We are no strangers to leaf drop in the upper left coast, it can be the star of our entry into...
Tiny Water, Big Wings: Creating a Damselfly Oasis in a Small Garden
After a long morning of meetings, paperwork, and reading the news—a surefire way to spike the blood pressure—I needed a reset. I wandered over to a sunny patch of grass at Paramount Open Space and flopped down beside my two pooches, who were more than happy with my...
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