- Apr 2 2025
- Landscaping, Spring
- 2
Spring Flooding? Water Mitigation Tools and Tips
April 2, 2025 Landscaping, Spring 2

April showers bring? What was it again? Towers? Hours? No. April showers bring intense Spring scours. Yes, that’s a word, and yes, I had to look it up to make sure I was using it correctly. Scours: noun 1. the action…
- Apr 3 2024
- Landscaping, Spring
- 1
Water Mitigation Tools and Tips
April 3, 2024 Landscaping, Spring 1

The water was utterly still, glass-like, and the deepening sky reflected off its surface as the fog rose slowly and tumbled towards the shore. The water made not a sound as the wind fizzled to a whisper, and the lake…
- Apr 5 2023
- Landscaping, Spring
- 2
Water Mitigation Tools and Tips
April 5, 2023 Landscaping, Spring 2

The water was utterly still, glass-like, and the deepening sky reflected off its surface as the fog rose slowly and tumbled towards the shore. The water made not a sound as the wind fizzled to a whisper, and the lake…
- Jul 13 2022
- Landscaping, Summer
- 2
The Secret Language of Plants
July 13, 2022 Landscaping, Summer 2

The sun bore down with great intensity, revealing every imperfection, flaw and anomaly. Like a great spotlight, she brought attention to our issues and exploited our weaknesses. With the scant amount of rain we’ve received thus far, certain problems are…
- May 20 2020
- Landscaping, Spring
- 0
Got Water?
May 20, 2020 Landscaping, Spring 0
The water was utterly still, glass-like, and the deepening sky reflected off its surface as the fog rose slowly and tumbled towards the shore. The water made not a sound as the wind fizzled to a whisper, and the lake…
- May 1 2019
- Landscaping, Spring
- 0
Got Water?
May 1, 2019 Landscaping, Spring 0
The water was utterly still, glass-like, and the deepening sky reflected off its surface as the fog rose slowly and tumbled towards the shore. The water made not a sound as the wind fizzled to a whisper, and the…
- Jun 27 2018
- Landscaping, Summer
- 0
Learning the Language of Plants
June 27, 2018 Landscaping, Summer 0
We’ve slogged through June in hip waders amidst the persistent leaden, gray malaise. The air largely unstable and ostensibly resentful, like a teenage girl scorned. The few sunny days provided fleeting relief, but we were wary and suspicious, and we were…
- Jun 28 2017
- Landscaping
- 2
Unlocking the Secret Language of Plants
June 28, 2017 Landscaping 2
Spilling over the side of a rock, the silken web rippled in the wind, like trickling water, precariously lit by the gilded rays of the setting sun. The fiery Daylilies seemed to snap close while the ornamental grasses swayed rhythmically…
- Jul 1 2015
- Landscaping, Uncategorized
- 0
The Secret Language of Plants
July 1, 2015 Landscaping, Uncategorized 0
We slogged through June in hip waders amidst the leaden, gray malaise, the air largely unstable and ostensibly resentful, like a teenage girl scorned. The few sunny days provided fleeting relief, but we were wary and suspicious, and we were right…
- Mar 4 2015
- Landscaping, Uncategorized
- 1
Rectifying Winter’s Wrath
March 4, 2015 Landscaping, Uncategorized 1

March is the month that delivers us and our weary landscapes to Spring’s front door. Time will tell if the welcome mat has been unfurled, but the calendar promises its prompt arrival on the 20th. Spring seems awfully distant…