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Clusters of cherry tomatoes in various stages of ripeness, from green to red, grow on leafy branches against a blurred background.

10 Steps for Starting a Vegetable Garden

Huddled on the horizon, the clouds charged eastward, colliding and tumbling over one another as they stacked up to frightening heights. The game was afoot, and the storm was upon us. COVID-19 has been looming like a dark cloud, and has changed the way we live and work. …

Tall, golden reeds sway in the wind under a clear blue sky, with sunlight highlighting the feathery tops; distant trees are faintly visible on the horizon.

Add Movement, Sound & Texture with Ornamental Grasses

She speaks in whispers and lullabies, and dances in the wind. She tempers the hardened, and fortifies the precarious. She is beauty, power, humility and grace across the seasons. She is Ornamental Grass. Ornamental Grasses are truly versatile. They can add height, texture, color and year round interest. They can…

Close-up of brown wood mulch pieces, showing rough, fibrous texture and small wood chips. The image focuses on the mulch, with details of individual splinters and fragments visible.

Mulch: Why, What, How & When?

A cacophony of bird songs filled the trees and permeated the air, serenading each bud and bloom in Spring’s warming embrace. Sleepy tulips sprouted forth, bravely stretching towards the vernal sun. The landscape was stirring, and our souls awakening in its midst. Along with Spring Clean Ups and Lawn…

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5 Easy Ways to Celebrate Earth Day

Sloughing off the final olive-drab layers, a sapphire carpet of Spring ephemerals unfurled as the Redbud’s ethereal blooms cast a cheery glow unto the scene. Swelling buds and nodding Daffodils dotted the landscape as the grass grew green and lush. Nature was fully engaged. It’s no coincidence that we…

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7 Health Benefits of Gardening

The air wafted, sweet and warm, through the budding branches, over the greening grass, in and about the Daffodils as they swayed to and fro. The earth was softening, and the landscape was ready to burst with color and life. Nature was beckoning us outdoors into her lovely realm. Amid…

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The Value of a Healthy, Well-Maintained Lawn

The weather teetered between lovely and tumultuous as if someone, unknowingly, kept leaning against the light switch. In a moment, a lovely Spring day became a stormy Winter day, and back and forth it went. Nature’s apparent confusion would not sully the efforts of a landscape ready to burst with…

Purple and white irises bloom side by side in a garden bed with green grass and plants in the background.

The Health Benefits of Landscaped Spaces

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Spring ephemerals pushed through the late season snow, undaunted and assured, compelled by its very nature despite the tenuous environment. We too are facing a world of uncertainty amid the COVID-19 pandemic as tensions run high, and emotions remain fragile as we attempt…

A parade with decorated vehicles, including a white pickup truck with a Remember Their Sacrifice sign, American flags, and people waving, moves down a street lined with trees.

8 Tips for Hiring a Landscape Provider

Spring can be a trying season. Lawns and gardens require our attention under the looming shadow of unpredictable weather and temperatures, leaving you overwhelmed, and at times, helpless. Hiring a landscape provider should never feel this way. Here are some simple tips to get you started while keeping your sanity…

A close-up of a metal rake lies on patchy, brownish-green grass, with some bare spots and scattered pine needles visible on the ground.

Spring Triage: Important First Steps

Like a receding glacier, Winter withered and melted, leaving behind a scarred and battered landscape. Its tenuous grasp was loosening, and its legacy becoming more apparent, but March would surely deliver us unto Spring. Spring officially arrives March 19th, and Winter will be nothing more than a distant, contemptuous…

Close-up of partially melted ice on the ground, surrounded by dry and green grass, small twigs, and brown leaves. Some pine needles hang above, and patches of snow are visible in the background.

Winter Damaged Lawns

The landscape lay waste to March’s warm arrival and took on a most pathetic look. Yet life was beginning to sprout, and with it, winter damages made themselves apparent. As the landscape below the mounds of snow began to reveal itself, it was evident that even mild winters can…

A fluffy gray and white dog sits on green grass in sunlight, with a wooden fence and deck in the background. The dogs fur is being blown by the wind.

Petscaping: Ideas for a Pet Friendly Landscape

It’s almost March – that awkward and messy, yet exciting time in our yards and gardens when life begins to sprout amid the mucky, soggy spoils of seasons in transition. Possibility abounds! Muddy paws proliferate! But hope springs eternal, right? Right! It’s entirely possible to create lovely, inviting spaces…

A lush garden with green plants, purple flowers, a birdbath, and a charcoal grill in the background, enclosed by a wooden fence and shaded by trees.

Finding Your Way: Creating a Garden Path

Through the clotted and frothy clouds, a blue fissure had appeared, providing a passageway in which the sun could traverse, and we stretched and reached for her benevolence. Garden paths can be purely aesthetic, functional or both. They can be invitations to the garden visitor to explore the landscape or…

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