NEWS, GARDEN MUSINGS & ECO-FRIENDLY INSIGHTS
Karen Bussolini speaking at Michigan Expo
Karen Bussolini will be speaking at the virtual Great Lakes Trade Exposition on January 27, 2021.
Make Your Yard a Pollinator Victory Garden
Kim Eierman is an environmental horticulturist, landscape designer, speaker, teacher and founder of the horticulture and communications company Eco-Beneficial in Westchester County, NY. It's really easy to turn people off by telling the truth. Even [...]
Lessons and Breaking Rules
Early winter is time for musing and making notes. For assessing successes and failures in our gardens while they're still semi-fresh in mind. We can change course and leave failures behind - there's always next [...]
Seeds of Destruction
Without human intervention, most of New England is inclined toward becoming forest. But humans have intervened. When managed land is abandoned, meadows are not periodically mowed and invasive plants are not managed, it is not a pretty picture. If you "let nature take its course" invasive plants will take over.
Stumped? Just Make it a Garden
How do you deal with a stump where you'll be looking at it up close and personal for years? Without resorting to disruptive (and expensive) stump grinding or toxic chemicals?
Seeing Red (In Plants)
Red hues in fall are caused by anthocyanins, plant pigments with many protective functions.