Think of scale when creating or modifying your garden “One size fits all”. Yeah, I’ve never believed that either. It’s not the case with socks and...
Weighing your options
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Plants
Being Stingy with Rain
Why rain gardens make sense Flower garden, rain garden, rose garden, veggie garden. Whoa! Back up! We can picture most of these but what the Hello...
The Perfect Gift
And just a little more lasting than a Starbucks gift card It’s four weeks before Christmas And all through my brain Stir thoughts of the white stuff...
Plant Spacing
Some simple advice, even for the math-challenged A 53’ red semi-truck laden with 15 tons of fireworks leaves Cleveland on a 92-degree summer day...
Treading lightly in the garden
Tomorrow is election day. There has never been more on the line. I was torn about how to introduce today’s topic. So, I came up with this: How long...
“So, where are you from?”
Just a few thoughts on native vs. non-native plants “So, where are you from?” How you answer this sometimes depends on who is asking. If it’s...
Blurring the boundary
Gardening along property lines I’ve heard it said before that everyone has two property lines. There’s the one you own and the one you mow. It’s...
Welcome to the land of beyond
Taking off the blinders when choosing a tree Prior to teaching for 33 years, my wife and I both worked at what was then the premier garden center in...
Gardening Beyond the Property Line
A few thoughts about Adopt-a-spots and guerilla gardening My intention today was originally to write about the best trees to plant this fall. But...
Mini-Meadows
Broken mower? Nope. Just adding some diversity. Last week I wrote about proper watering, kinda hoping I’d jinx this drought. No such luck. Anyone in...
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