Archive for April, 2012

Warm winters, fast spring

Fast Spring Right now I have bulbs blooming at the same time as azaleas, dogwoods, and  dicentra. Ornamental grasses are seriously leafed out, clematis which is usually holding back this time of year is growing great guns, and there are weeds everywhere. This is on of the fastest, freakiest springs in recent memory and the [...]

Grass for LEED Certification

The Secret of a “No Mow”  Lawn BTW: This is our 100th blog post! Anyone interested in sustainability and landscaping has read about “no mow” lawns and wondered if this is the creation of some flim-flam man or a real option. One must wonder, for if indeed there were such a thing as a “no [...]

Invasive Vines

There are a number of ornamental vines that have turned parasitic in our area, meaning they take territory and kill everything they get their tendrils on. Many were cultivated as ornamental vines without thought or knowledge that they might turn on the rest of the plants in our individual gardens of eden. This time of [...]