Tag Archives: soil
“Garden Itis”
I suppose I truly developed garden-itis in my youth. I had a bedroom full of potted plants who were my only true friends, along with my shadow of a dog, Kenobi. She was a full blooded German Shepherd who was as loyal as she was beautiful and never told my secrets. I actually named all …
“Why Are My Landscape Plants Dying?”
“Why are my plants dying?” A query that many are stumbling with is the reason for their landscape failures. In my 20 years of educational Landscape Consultations I’ve seen a great number of reasons why plants, shrubs and trees fail. I’ve compiled my top 10 reasons for why your landscape is dying. 1) They’re too old! …
Compost Each Spring, The Planet Digs It!
One of the most important and intriguing classes I’ve ever taken in my landscape education, was about the soil. It is the foundation and the environmental anchor of the landscape. If your soil isn’t healthy, your garden will suffer. Much like our own bodies, we will only get out of it, what we put …
Mushrooms on my Mulch? It’s a Good Thing!
One of the questions I hear often after an installation of plants into organic matter or after a heavy rain event is, “What do I do about the Mushrooms growing in my mulch?” The answer is, “Tell them thank you!” Mushrooms growing in your mulch, composted beds or landscape beds are a really good thing …
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 …