Winter in the Garden: To Do, To Do Less, and What to Avoid
…or an area where you are sheet composting to prepare a new area for spring planting. Shredded paper and non-treated cardboard may also be composted. Beware of colored inks on…
…or an area where you are sheet composting to prepare a new area for spring planting. Shredded paper and non-treated cardboard may also be composted. Beware of colored inks on…
…2022. Miller, Ronald V. Jr. “Monsanto Roundup Lawsuit Update.” Lawsuit Information Center Miller & Zois LLC. March 19, 2024. Accessed 3.20.24 https://www.lawsuit-information-center.com/roundup-lawsuit.html Orion, Tao. Beyond the War on Invasive Species:…
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…part of the summer routine. Many families now hire lawn care companies to come in with multiple commercial sized mowers and blowers making a huge racket endured by neighbors for…
…next meal. Its efficiency as a pollinator is comparable to that of a honey bee. American Goldfinch on Verbena Verbena (verbena x hybrid) is a common garden annual of the…
…garden center on Friday morning with a friend who is new to the area, talking plants. What works in one community may or may not grow well in another part…
…them to leave childhood behind and become men of the community. Jimsonweed, or ‘Jamestown weed,’ has grown wild in our area since before colonization. An alternate common name for this…
…newly planted shrub with compost or wood chips that will decompose to improve the soil over time. Always mulch new plantings beyond the drip line of the widest branches of…
…commercial compost may still harbor pesticides used on the plants that went into its production. Even grass clippings may be contaminated with chemicals used on lawns. Commercial compost may also…
…are mixed with other compostable materials and allowed to ‘cook’ into finished compost. Research suggests that coffee grounds be limited to no more than 20% of the pile. Beyond that…