Weed before they Seed

Weeds will emerge in a newly installed garden the first few years, even if you weeded your garden beforehand or applied mulch, guaranteed. There are several reasons for this: When new garden beds and plants are installed, the soil is disturbed and any remaining weed...
Your yard is a salad bowl

Your yard is a salad bowl

One of the most common questions I receive is “How do I get rid of the rabbits or voles in my yard? If I had an answer or solution, I’d be a millionaire but at the same time I wouldn’t want to remove them because this is their home too!  Both are...
A Living Mulch – Allowing Plants to spread as Nature intended

A Living Mulch – Allowing Plants to spread as Nature intended

We humans, including myself, were taught to maintain our gardens unnaturally by growing plants spaced apart ,separated by wood mulch around each plant.  If we want a natured based, environmentally friendly garden we must allow plants to spread and fill in all the bare areas of a garden as a living mulch.  This is the way nature has been gardening for thousands of years! 

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