GOOD GARDEN DESIGN PAYS OFF The earth will make several trips around the sun before you might chill in the shade of a newly planted tree. When it...
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Garry Menendez
Solving the Garden Design Puzzle
MAKING THE PIECES FIT In my experience, there are basically two different gardens (I refrain from using the words landscaping or landscape as these...
Time to Plan
When your toothpaste runs out, do you have a full tube waiting in your secret stash? Or do you write “toothpaste” high on your list of “to do” items...
The Four Necessities for Backyard Habitat
Attracting wildlife to one’s lawn is one of the great joys of owning a backyard habitat. It's also a great and sustainable gardening practice. After...
Loosen up On the Lawn
I find it interesting that visitors to our garden get a bit of a nervous shake when they look around and imagine how much work / maintenance goes...
Alternative Shrubs
The dilemma that faces us every planting season (and yes, Fall is a fantastic time to plant), when it comes to landscaping, is this. Do we venture...
Tree Talk
Trees are hard to beat with regard to improving one’s quality of life. If you’re lacking, choose a few that will make a difference. It‘s Saturday...
Eat Your Yard
We tend to think of just growing a few veggies on our properties but consider planting many other edibles. I remember the look on the face of a...
Grow Up!
As you may know by now, I am an avid gardener and collector of plants (and garden kitsch). But having a small property here in Knoxville, TN, we...
Spring Cleaning
I usually write these posts a bit in advance so who knows? It could be 75 or higher when you read this or we may have caught another early spring...
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