Lisa's Landscape & Design

Saving the Planet One Yard at a Time

Category Archives: Soil Preparation

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Planting seasons

Educational Landscape Consultations: Here is an area of some confusion and I want to be very clear..EVERYONE WHO OWNS A HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE OF THESE! An educational consultation with a trained, educated professional is an opportunity for you to discuss landscape problems, organic gardening, tree, shrub and plant care, veggie and fruit tree care and …

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Square Foot Gardening & Companion Planting.

Planting veggie beds for the first time can be a challenge for the new gardeners trying to figure what to grow, when to grow and how you can fit all the goodies you want in your small space. One great strategy is to “Square foot garden”. This is exactly what it sounds like. You mark …

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Gardening From the Ground Up.

This blog was inspired by all the neighbors I have seen accepting deliveries of “Red Death” as a foundation of their gardens. My first thought…You should have called me…the second, you will be calling me later to ask why your plants died :-/ For those of you curious of what “Red Death” refers to, that is the term us …

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Educational Landscape Consultation

This is great time to think about getting a professional landscape consultant to give you some new idea’s, plant suggestions, tips on organic gardening and more. As a consultant I use the time purchased by my clients to educate them on their entire property. There is a wealth of information a professional with my 20 …

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Earth Day

In honor of Earth Day April 22nd, here are some simple suggestions for a few ways you can make some big changes in the impact we have on our beautiful planet. One of the easiest ways is to choose native and adaptive plants. Native (indigenous to an area) and adaptive (adapted to our climate but …

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