The Beneficial Beauty of Rain Gardens
What if rain gardens were as common as lawns? The image of rain gardens lining the street, immediately below, is…
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Native Plants that Grow Under Pines
The plants listed here are all tolerant of the drier and somewhat more acid environment under conifers (pine, spruce, fir,…
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Pondering Dormancy: Notes on Fall Seeding
Winter is fast approaching, I know this to be true, it was 19 degrees at my house this morning –…
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Goldenrod! Gesundheit! MythBusting
When I was growing up my German-American father would always exclaim, “Gesundheit!” (which means “health” in German), after I sneezed….
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Plant Your Own Birdseed
As the price of sunflower seed threatens to approach the price of “nyjer” thistle seed, I see more and more…
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