- Dec 14 2016
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- Landscaping
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Winter’s Other Four Letter Word
The air was slight and acrid, slicing through flesh and bone. Every breath, every utterance stolen from our lips and cast into the barren, frigid abyss. And to think it’s not even technically Winter…yet. The Winter Solstice arrives in exactly one week…
- Apr 6 2016
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- Landscaping, Uncategorized
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The Panacea of the Garden
The Daffodils bobbed and swayed in the wind as their tilted heads seemed to seek refuge in the foliage, protecting their delicate splendor. Daffodils tend to remind me of wallflowers at a dance – constantly gazing down at their feet, afraid…
- Jan 13 2016
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- Landscaping, Uncategorized
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Soothing Cabin Fever with House Plants
The air was thin and brittle like parchment, slicing through flesh with a stinging, biting edge. The earth labored in the frigid temps, creaking and cracking in the might of its icy embrace. The polar vortex had returned, uninvited and unwelcomed. Winter…
- Jul 16 2014
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- Landscaping, Summer
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Native Beauties: Connecting to Your World
I was right…kind of, well, not really. A few weeks back as I was complaining about the heat and humidity, I introduced the thought of a solar vortex, likening it to this winter’s polar vortex but with opposite effect. As it…
- Jun 18 2014
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- Landscaping, Uncategorized
- 2
Replacing Salt Damaged Shrubs with Salt Tolerant Varieties
My greatest fears of summer have been realized – heat and its obnoxious, wears-out-his-welcome cousin, humidity. Technically, it’s not even summer yet, so my concern is valid. Could the polar vortex we experienced this Winter spin-off some sort of evil,…
- Jan 8 2014
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- Landscaping, Uncategorized
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The Marble and the Chisel
Good bye holidays and welcome 2014! I have a feeling it’s going to be a good year. In fact, as we met and served breakfast to the guests at the DuPage P.A.D.S. program on new year’s morning, more than one…