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Thankful

“May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home. May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam. May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures. May all life’s passing seasons bring the best to you and yours!” – Old…

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Winter Container Ideas

With Thanksgiving upon us, the Holiday Season is quickly approaching. November is almost over, and December is but a fleeting month. It’s as if the laws of space and time are temporarily suspended, and the days speed by with awesome velocity, and before you know it, we have entered a…

View from inside a wooden covered bridge, looking out toward a sunny landscape with trees, grass, and a paved path in the distance.

November’s Many Blessings

The month of November brings many joyous gifts and days to celebrate. Daylight savings time’s exit has given us an extra hour of sleep and brighter, lighter mornings. Veteran’s Day offers us an opportunity to express our appreciation, and honor our Veterans. Thanksgiving is a day to share our gratitude…

Rows of trees display autumn colors, with leaves ranging from green to vibrant orange and red. The sky is cloudy, creating a soft, diffused light over the colorful scene.

Preparing Trees & Shrubs for Winter

November extinguished the landscape ablaze, leaving only a few smoldering embers amongst the ashes. The trees stood unadorned and humbled as their Autumnal attire laid at their feet. The great sentinels now stood vulnerable and exposed. With Winter nipping at our heels, and the threat of consistent hard frosts, our trees…

A log cabin with red-lit windows sits behind a tree at night, surrounded by a grassy yard and dense, shadowy trees under a cloudy, dimly lit sky.

Corruputed: The Dark Side of Consumer Review Sites

Darkness slithered in like an unctuous serpent, enigmatic, noxious and malevolent. It quickly suffocated the light and all that was good and decent. Evil could be done in the shadows. Trickery and thievery thrived there. In honor of Halloween, and all things cryptic, dark, and wicked, I offer you a frightening…

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Jack-o-Lanterns: Tips for Choosing the Best Pumpkin

Silken was the frosted air, rushing through the trees, quaking every leaf as the ripened sun flickered through the canopy. A shower of crimson, gold, and tangerine foliage glided through the cloudless, turquoise sky, gathering underfoot, mirroring the trees above. Autumn offers a feast for the senses, glazed in saccharine…

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What’s Wrong with My Evergreens?

Sweet, sultry October invites each and every tree to the grand Autumn ball where Summer’s verdant robes are shed for the opulent, jewel tones of the season. Although we tend to think only of deciduous trees, evergreens too undergo change in Fall. As you know, waning daylight and cooler…

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Surviving First Frosts

As the wind whipped through the canopies, animating every leaf and limb, their shadows cast a violent display on the ground – flickering wildly and unhinged. Fallen leaves thrashed and raged against their new seasonal station. Now that temperatures are beginning to cool and nighttime temperatures beginning to plummet, frost…

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The Perennial Question

Autumn, like dusk, gilded the landscape in its tangerine rays as the petals and foliage blushed in the crisp air. Beauty was everywhere. As we begin to put our landscapes to bed – tidying, raking, mulching, and pruning, you might consider letting your perennials stand. To many, this seems counterintuitive,…

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True Colors: The Science Behind Fall Foliage

The mellow, ripened sun struck the match that would soon set the landscape ablaze in brilliant umber, vermilion, gold, scarlet and smoky plum. The verdant greens of Summer would soon smolder in the deep, rich tones of Autumn’s palette, and the show is about to start. As trees prepare for…

A weathered wooden chair sits on a stone patio next to a large planter filled with purple cabbage, kale, and various green and purple plants, beside a house with light siding.

Fall Firsts: Options for Overwintering Containers

Blushed and tinged by the blustery, cool winds and subdued sun of September, the landscape was transforming. Nature was starting to slow and savor, wholly at ease. Technically, next Thursday marks the official first day of Fall, and signs are all around us, save for the warming temperatures and…

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Fall Firsts: Clean Ups

Change is in the air. Cool, crisp change. The first day of Fall is Thursday, September 22nd, and I for one welcome it with open arms. Now, is a busy time in our yards and gardens as we take advantage of the perfect growing conditions and prepare for the winter…

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