Category Archives: Garden Design

Rain Barrels Save Water, But Is It Clean Water?

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Lifestraw filters are good basic emergency supplies What’s On The Average Roof? With the rainy season on the horizon (hopefully), I recently wrote an article about using water saved in rain barrels safely and have been answering many questions ever … Continue reading

Posted in Birds In The Garden, Drainage, Garden Design, Health & Wellbeing, Moss, Sustainable Gardening, Sustainable Living | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Offer Love & Enchantment, Not Weeds

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Inviting children to experience natural enchantment (holiday catcus flower) Who Will Be Tomorrow’s Gardeners? My favorite part of summer is spending outdoor time with my grandkids. Over the years, I’ve often been asked how to engage children in gardening, often … Continue reading

Posted in Annual Color, Crafting With Children, Garden Design, Gardening With Children, Health & Wellbeing, Plant Diversity, Sustainable Gardening, Sustainable Living, Teaching Gardening | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Cottonwood Fluff Is Nothing To Sneeze At

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Cottonwood fluff is the snow of a la Nina June Fluffy Snow In June? Walking around our village yesterday, I noticed many people pointing at or playing with heaps of what looked like snow. It edged every planting bed and … Continue reading

Posted in Garden Design, Gardening With Children, Health & Wellbeing, Native Plants, Pollinators, Sustainable Gardening, Sustainable Living, Teaching Gardening | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Join The No Mow May Movement

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Pollinators love a lively lawn Stop Mowing So Much And Let The Lawn Come To Life If the cold wet spring has kept you from lawn mowing, that’s great news. Bee City USA would like us to observe the month … Continue reading

Posted in Annual Color, Birds In The Garden, Butterfly Gardens, Care & Feeding, Climate Change, Easy Care Perennials, Garden Design, Garden Prep, Gardening With Children, Health & Wellbeing, Native Plants, pests and pesticides, Plant Diversity, Planting & Transplanting, Pollination Gardens, Pollinators, Soil, Sustainable Gardening, Sustainable Living, Teaching Gardening | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments