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The Perennial Question
Autumn, like dusk, gilded the landscape in its tangerine rays as the petals and foliage blushed in the crisp air. Beauty was everywhere. As we begin to put our landscapes to bed – tidying, raking, mulching, and pruning, you might consider letting your perennials stand. To many, this seems counterintuitive,…
Don’t Be a Hub for Grubs
The landscape has begun to swell as the Oaks and Maples leaf out, and Spring flowering trees and shrubs adorn the horizon. Our once lethargic lawns have kicked into high gear with the onset of warming temperatures, cool nights, and copious amounts of rain. And just when we thought we…
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,…
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,…
What’s Lurking Beneath the Snow?
Brittle was the air, thin and slicing. The landscape creaked and moaned in its fragility – comforted only by the insulating embrace of snow. February did more than whisper her intentions. She hissed them. It will be some time before the landscape reveals itself under the giant mounds of snow,…
The Perennial Question
Autumn, like dusk, gilded the landscape in its ripened rays as the petals and foliage blushed in the frosty air. Beauty was everywhere. As we begin to put our landscapes to bed – tidying, raking, mulching, and pruning, you might consider letting your perennials stand. To many, this seems counterintuitive,…
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…
Winter Damaged Lawns
The landscape lay waste to March’s warm arrival and took on a most pathetic look. Yet life was beginning to sprout, and with it, winter damages made themselves apparent. As the landscape below the mounds of snow began to reveal itself, it was evident that even mild winters can…
Perennials Provide Winter Interest & Much More
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 snow – tidying, raking, mulching, and pruning, you might consider…
Put Your Leaves to Work
Sweet, sultry October invites each and every tree to the grand Autumn ball where Summer’s green robes are shed for the opulent, jewel tones of the season. This year, it is predicted, fall foliage will hit its peak around mid to late October. A celebration sure not to be…
Don’t Be a Hub for Grubs
The landscape has begun to swell as the Oaks and Maples leaf out, and Spring flowering trees and shrubs adorn the horizon. Our once lethargic lawns have kicked into high gear with the onset of warming temperatures, cool nights, and copious amounts of rain. And just when we thought we…
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. …