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Plants That Increase Happiness & Harvest
Floral Abundance Promotes Pollinators Like most gardeners, I welcome any excuse to grow more flowers. Therefore, it’s very good news that by raising as wide a variety of blooms as possible, we are doing our bit to aid and abet … Continue reading
Posted in Easy Care Perennials, Gardening With Children, Nutrition, pests and pesticides, Pollinators, Sustainable Gardening, Sustainable Living
Tagged Asclepias speciosa, California lilac (Ceanothus), catmints, Flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum), Gorgeous Natives, Monarch butterflies, Native Plants For Pollinators, Ocean spray (Holodiscus discolor), Pollinator Plants, serviceberry (Amelanchier species)
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No To Peat Moss, Yes To Dairy Manure
Sustainable Manure, Land Raped Peat Moss I find it heartbreaking to see well-meaning people buying bales of peat moss. Old-think gardening promoted peat moss heavily, but all forms of sphagnum peat moss are harvested by destroying boggy natural habitats. Worst … Continue reading
Posted in composting, Garden Prep, Health & Wellbeing, Soil, Sustainable Gardening, Sustainable Living
Tagged Dairy Manure, Digested Manure, Peat Moss
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Splendid Perennials Bring Borders to Life
Color, Texture, Shape… I’m noticing a new trend these days: Gardeners are tucking more shrubs into borders and more perennials into pots. Both changes make good sense, since a well planned shrub-based border holds its looks all year in return … Continue reading
Posted in Easy Care Perennials, Sustainable Gardening, Sustainable Living
Tagged Achillea Moonshine, Agastaches, Anemanthele lessoniana, Appleblossom, Arizona series, Basil Purple Ball, Bergenia Winterglow, Blue Fortune, Compact Summer Savory, Corsican hellebores, E. characias, Euphorbia amygdaloides, Evergreen hellebores, Hakonechloa macra, Kale Darkibor, Miscanthus sinensis Gracillimus, Muhlenbergia capillaris, Ortel’s Rose, Paprika, Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Bunny', Purple Haze, Reliable Border Perennials, Summer Glow, Summer Sunset
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Homegrown Pain Relief/Leaf
Traditional Garden Cures That Work I just visited my first pot shop and all I can say is, wow, man. Cannabis use is legal in Washington State, so we can buy and use various forms of cannabis treats as well … Continue reading