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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…
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Online Landscape Design Course – My experience so far + recommended supplies
Two years ago, I decided that I really wanted to get into Landscape Design and create beautiful native and natural landscapes that would heal and restore the environment. Landscape Design programs in my…
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Coming Out of the Woodwork- Updates
I’m back! But just barely. This has been a depressing, frustrating, terrifying year for everyone and I think we are all traumatized on some level by this pandemic and all the changes we…
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Blogging, Remote Learning & Learning To Let Go.
The past 6 months have not been easy for anyone. We’ve gone from total panic and terror, and a massive shut down of society, to a confused, angry state of being where nothing…
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4 Garden-themed Movies for a Rainy Day
Like everyone else during this pandemic, I’ve been watching a lot of movies on Netflix and Prime Video. I came across a few garden-themed movies that I really enjoyed and thought I’d share…
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My Eco-Friendly Landscape Maintenance Routine
A few months ago I shared my quiet landscape maintenance routine in hopes that people would change their minds about loud, gas-guzzling equipment. Well, this year I was besieged by narrowleaf plantain, an…
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Grow Room Before & After Plus a Handy Gadget
Early this year I began with a very basic seed starting set up in the corner of a room in my home. I wanted to show that it didn’t matter how little space…
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Tips on Saving Seeds
It’s late August and many of us have shifted from a seed-starting mindset to a seed-saving mindset, so here are some tips on saving seeds. Vegetables: It’s important to buy open-pollinated seeds if…
