September 8, 2016
An underappreciated yet highly valuable benefit of a natural landscape is resilience to weather extremes, including drought. A thoughtful, established natural landscape is the next best thing to xeriscaping when […]
April 27, 2016
In this post I want to focus on just two key interrelated high-level strategies in the war with weeds in the context of natural landscaping:1 – where to first focus […]
March 15, 2016
This is the time of year when my landscape efforts focus on pruning. This year we’ve had a chance to get out on the early side and I’ve already done […]
August 13, 2015
It’s early to mid-August and while the calendar points toward cooler weather on the horizon, it still seems like there’s a lot of summer left. However, every year I’m rather […]
June 30, 2015
I’ve noted before that a basic principle of natural landscaping is to allow plants to move around, filling in gaps and finding their preferred niche. It never ceases to amaze […]
May 18, 2012
WEEDS and SELF_SOWN “GOOD GUYS” Spring and the renewal of growth in our garden beds and other plantings raises a lot of questions about gardening and landscaping techniques and philosophies. […]
March 29, 2012
Since we are officially at the beginning of spring, an appropriate topic to touch on is spring bed clean-up. This is definitely an area where things can differ tremendously between […]