- 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…
- Mar 27 2024
- Landscaping, Spring
- 1
Making Your Way: Creating a Garden Path
March 27, 2024 Landscaping, Spring 1
Late March’s landscape was celebratory with sweet, blooming treats, from the tufts of cotton candy blooms and spun sugar strands of the Pear and Red Bud to the swaths of candy dots of the blue Vinca and Squill. Easter is…
- Mar 13 2024
- Landscaping, Spring
- 1
The Health Benefits of Gardening
March 13, 2024 Landscaping, Spring 1
The sweeping sky reflected in a small Spring puddle collected in a hole in the asphalt. For a moment, it held the heavens, and the ordinary became extraordinary. Enchanting nature was again beckoning us outdoors into her captivating and therapeutic…
- Mar 6 2024
- Landscaping, Spring
- 1
Beautiful Lawns Begin in Spring
March 6, 2024 Landscaping, Spring 1
The once lethargic and hushed landscape became frenetic and boisterous with the jubilant sound of chirping and twittering birds who seemed to have a season’s worth of gossip to share. The squirrels too descended in mass from the trees…
- Feb 28 2024
- Landscaping, Spring
- 2
First Steps: Mulch
February 28, 2024 Landscaping, Spring 2
Spring ephemerals burst forth from the thawing ground as swelling buds adorned the trees. Whether March comes in like a lion or a lamb seems insignificant now, as Spring is well on her way. Along with Spring Clean Ups…
- Feb 21 2024
- Landscaping, Spring
- 1
First Steps: Spring Clean Ups
February 21, 2024 Landscaping, Spring 1
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…
- Feb 14 2024
- Landscaping, Spring
- 2
Sing for Your Spring
February 14, 2024 Landscaping, Spring 2
February arrived with sun upon her shoulders and Spring upon her lips. The distinct and dulcet tones of the bird song was an inclination that the season of renewal is not so very distant as the groundhog predicted. Winter…
- Feb 7 2024
- Landscaping, Spring
- 2
Getting to the Root of It
February 7, 2024 Landscaping, Spring 2
Swelling buds and burgeoning bulbs dappled the landscape with the power and promise of Spring. Soon the muddied, desolate earth would be replaced with color and life, and the barren trees would fill the sky with their lush canopies. In…
- Jan 24 2024
- Landscaping, Winter
- 2
Sowing Seeds in Winter… Outdoors
January 24, 2024 Landscaping, Winter 2
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…
- Jan 17 2024
- Landscaping, Winter
- 1
Surviving Winter Scientifically
January 17, 2024 Landscaping, Winter 1
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. A wondrous and eerie site. Winter was beginning to flex her muscle. Winter can be…