- Dec 24 2019
- Landscaping, Winter
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Christmas Wishes
December 24, 2019 Landscaping, Winter 0
From our family to yours: Wishing you a joyous Christmas, and a happy, healthy New Year! “God grant you lightness in your step, A smile on every face you meet, Loved ones gathered at your hearth, And at your…
- Dec 18 2019
- Landscaping, Winter
- 2
Mistletoe: The Myth, Meaning & Menace
December 18, 2019 Landscaping, Winter 2
The evening sky was clear and lucid as the stars hung upon every tree, like celestial ornaments, twinkling in the silver light of the moon. It was one of the many gifts that nature would bestow upon this season….
- Nov 13 2019
- Landscaping, Winter
- 0
Perennials Provide Winter Interest & Much More
November 13, 2019 Landscaping, Winter 0
The sun hung over the landscape like a dimly lit bulb. Autumn seems to have become less festive, and more practical and austere as nature prepares for Winter. As we begin to put our landscapes to bed, despite the unseasonable…
- Feb 13 2019
- Landscaping, Winter
- 2
Force Spring Blooming Branches Now
February 13, 2019 Landscaping, Winter 2
The trees, glazed in ice, quaked in the artic wind, clinking like glass, frozen in Winter’s capable and unrelenting grip. As Winter continues to flex its muscles, and we again retreat indoors, consider introducing life and color into the…
- Feb 6 2019
- Landscaping, Winter
- 0
Winter Damaged Turf
February 6, 2019 Landscaping, Winter 0
The landscape lay waste to February’s warm arrival and took on a most pathetic look. The once beautiful, pure white blanket of snow had been reduced to the dirty, grungy spoils of a Winter warming, but that wasn’t all that remained in the receding snow. As the…
- Jan 30 2019
- Landscaping, Winter
- 0
Surviving Winter Scientifically
January 30, 2019 Landscaping, Winter 0
The clouds descended onto the ground, swallowing the land, tree tops first, and the snow swirled upon the wind before the horizon became entirely blurred, and the earth wholly incased in white. A wondrous and eerie site. Winter was flexing his…
- Jan 23 2019
- Landscaping, Winter
- 0
The Importance of Dormant Pruning
January 23, 2019 Landscaping, Winter 0
The air was thin and brittle, like paper. It sliced through flesh, wrinkled with every breath, and crumpled under foot. It was as if nature had been wrapped in a thin layer of cellophane, restrained and crinkling with every movement. It was a bitter and…
- Jan 16 2019
- Landscaping, Winter
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The Benefits of Snow
January 16, 2019 Landscaping, Winter 0
Like delicate lace work, the snow adorned the trees and lay draped across the ground like a crisp white sheet. Nature seemed quieted and comforted, no longer directly exposed to January’s elements. Snow, for many, is merely a nuisance. Although…
- Jan 9 2019
- Landscaping, Winter
- 0
2019 Plant Picks
January 9, 2019 Landscaping, Winter 0
The landscape was not the chiseled, cold marble of January pasts, but rather a tepid, uninspired medium that seemed drab, soggy and malleable. It was in a word, depressing. As we fight off the winter blues, recover from the holiday season, and…
- Dec 19 2018
- Landscaping, Winter
- 0
Mistletoe: The Myth, Meaning & Menace
December 19, 2018 Landscaping, Winter 0
The evening sky was clear and lucid as the stars hung upon every tree, like celestial ornaments, twinkling in the silver light of the moon. It was one of the many gifts that nature would bestow upon this season. …