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The Informed Gardener: some terminology & current opinions about plants
If you’re new to gardening, you might think that gardening is simply about growing lovely flowers and veggies but in reality there are many different opinions about plants and gardening methods, and there…
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Easy DIY Garden Path
[Pictured above: My front garden with the neighborhood cat checking out my newly mulched path] I have a natural-style garden in the front of my home. Most of the plants there are native…
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Native Garden Maintenance Tips
You’ve finally installed your native plant garden and your garden will be providing food and habitat for wildlife in no time. Here are some tips for caring for your native plants: Weeding Weeding…
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Reduce your Lawn & Save Money
This year, I was lucky to attend the Suffolk County CCE “Spring Gardening School” program that was offered virtually a few weeks ago. The focus seemed to be on native plants which was…
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Leaf Blowers Blow and Need to go!
Spring has sprung and unfortunately so has landscaping season (AKA leaf blower season) here in my Long Island town. The increased birdsong will soon be drowned out by loud machines revving and whirring…
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Peaceful Garden, Peaceful Kids
Last week, my daughter and I went outside right after school. It was a bright, beautiful, warm March day. My daughter wanted go around to the front garden to pick up all the…
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Simple Colorful Garden Signs DIY
I’ve been painting a lot lately. I’ve been participating in a group art project that will result in a beautiful mural in NYC this spring (stay tuned!) and that process has been giving…
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Milkweed & its Many Insect Visitors (Pictures)
Milkweeds are cool plants. Native plant enthusiasts think of milkweeds in terms of how beneficial they are to insects and ecosystems but this plant as a long history of being used as Native…
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Fat Gardeners & the Lack of Diversity in Gardening Media
A few years ago, I noticed a strange trend in my neighborhood: I had never seen my neighbors (or anyone in my town, really) out in their front gardens mowing the lawn or…
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Living in the Commercial Zone of Suburbia
I hear people in the suburbs talking about their gardens and their landscaping, and I realize more and more that I am not a part of the suburbs in the traditional sense. Many…
