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Sing for Your Spring: The Promise of the Birdsong
Shadows grew long on January, and she disappeared into the gray. February arrived with sun upon her shoulders and spring upon her lips. Although the groundhog predicts another six weeks’ of Winter, there is a glimmer of hope, an inclination that the season of renewal is not so very distant. …
M.U.L.C.H. (Multi Use Landscape Commodity in Horticulture)
Swelling Redbuds, drifts of Squill, and nodding Daffodils began to pepper the blank canvas of early Spring with bursts of life and color. Along with Spring Clean Ups and Lawn Renovations, we must turn our attention to one of the most important additions to the landscape. Mulch. If you…
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, eventually… Spring officially arrives March 20th, and Winter will be nothing more than a distant,…
Mulch! You Need It! You Want It! You Gotta Have It!
Islands of snow floated atop the landscape as grass and plants began to reveal themselves, as if waking and stretching from a long, deep slumber. March has thus far been a lamb, and although not out of the woods, Spring seems possible and near. Along with Spring Clean Ups and…
Spring Clean Ups: Important First Steps
Like a receding glacier, Winter began to wither and melt, 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 20th, and Winter will be nothing more than a distant,…
Sing for Your Spring
Shadows grew long on January, and she disappeared into the gray. February arrived with sun upon her shoulders but winter upon her lips. Although the groundhog predicts another six weeks’ of Winter, there is a glimmer of hope, an inclination that the season of renewal is not so very distant. …
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…
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…
Sing for Your Spring
February skirted in on the frosty and frayed tails of January’s overcoat at the very moment she shrugged and shred the bulky garment for milder temperatures. The groundhog predicts an early Spring, which is certainly subject to change, but there is a glimmer of hope, an inclination that…
Much Ado About Mulch
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 Renovations,…
First Steps: Spring Clean Ups
The dense, leaden gray clouds began to separate, like the seams of an old quilt, as patches of blue sky swelled, and the sun glinted upon the ground. It seemed almost symbolic as if Winter’s tenuous grasp was loosening, and March would surely deliver us, eventually, to Spring. …
Got Mulch?
A cacophony of bird songs filled the trees and permeated the air, serenading each bud and bloom in Spring’s warming embrace. Sleepy daffodils sprouted forth, bravely stretching towards the vernal sun. The landscape was stirring, and our souls awakening in its midst. It’s almost go time, and along with Spring…