- 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…
- Jul 25 2018
- Landscaping, Summer
- 0
Promote Perennials Through Pruning
July 25, 2018 Landscaping, Summer 0
The hum and drone of the cicadas rose and fell in unison, like waves on the ocean. Their song lulled the landscape to sleep like a midsummer’s night lullaby, exhausted and spent from her good and decent work. Mid Summer, often,…
- Jul 27 2016
- Landscaping
- 0
Pruning Perennials
July 27, 2016 Landscaping 0
A sole, brittle leaf tumbled down the street, scraping the pavement with each turn as it etched its way along with each, small utterance of wind. The landscape was listless and life seemingly comatose as the despotic heat and humidity…
- 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…