Category Archives: Landscape Design and Gardening
Bad Tree Staking and What To Do About It
Improper tree staking can damage your trees. These inadvertent staking mistakes can: 1) create a weakened tree; 2) damage the bark; 3) open up inroads for disease and pests; 4) cause a tree to grow crookedly; and, 5) compromise your … Continue reading
Seven Citrus Care Tips
Lemons, limes, oranges and kumquats. We all love citrus. Most citrus originate from tropical and subtropical climates. They are very cold sensitive. To ripen they require varying degrees of “heat units”. Oranges and grapefruit require a lot of heat units. … Continue reading
Permaculture is FUN, really
I used to begin my permaculture workshops with a long winded definition of permaculture. It was basically a paraphrase from the back of Bill Mollison’s Introduction to Permaculture book. Permaculture is a design philosophy and practical approach to living on … Continue reading
Three Easy Sheet Mulching Methods
Sheet mulching is a gardening technique that suppresses weeds and builds fertile soil. In sheet mulching thick layers of organic matter are placed on the ground lasagna style. These layers are then left to decompose ultimately creating a rich planting … Continue reading
