Category Archives: Garden Smart
French Country Style
I love this garden – this photo says it all. You will see more photo’s of this garden soon.
Yamabuki – The Japanese Yellow Rose
Hearing frogs We pluck yellow yamabuki roses In the field And float them in our sake cups How pleasant the picnic is! By Ryokan (1758-1831) quoted in “Ryokan: Selected Tanka Haiku,” translated by Sanford Goldstein, Shigeo Mizuguchi and Fujisato Kitajima … Continue reading
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Splitting a New Hosta Garden
Last week we spent a day expanding a clients gardens. They have large clusters of a mixed variety of deep green and green/blue hosta’s. Around every other season I split them and rearrange them. This year I used these splits … Continue reading
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Tagged blue hosta, Hosta, hosta garden, organic hosta, splitting hostas
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(FLE’s) Fake Landscape Edging
Natural edging is more functional than Fake Landscape Edings (FLE’s) and far more attractive. Natural cut edges are also less expensive than FLE’s. FLE’s have a large upfront materials cost with extensive labor to install it. The sales pitch for FLE’s … Continue reading
More Spring Flowers
This is one of my favorite trees. I came to this tree about 3 to 4 years ago. Originally it’s form was very much wild and overgrown – not that anything is wrong with wild and naturally grown except this … Continue reading
Mulching Tip #1
When you are putting mulch into your beds make sure you DO NOT pile up the mulch against the bark of your trees and or shrubs. At this garden, I am undoing the improper application of mulch from a major … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden Mulch, How to Properly Mulch, Mulch, Mulch and Fungus, Organic Landscape, Proper Mulching
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Spring Time Flowers
I grew up playing on this tree and I have pruned and fed it for 9 years. Two seasons ago I changed the shape of the bed to what you see now and placed that special stone there. I am … Continue reading
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Organic Fertilization for Mature Trees
Check this lovely photo out – this is the result of a Deep Root Feed we did on this almost dead (now much more living) maple 2 YEARS ago!! Yep, two years later look at the difference this is making … Continue reading
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Introduction to the Goji #1
(Gracious Bow) Hello! Check out this great article on my goji plants in HOUR magazine. READ ARTICLE HERE Thank you Alexa for yet another awesome article on my work! Alexa has written about my companies over the past 9 years … Continue reading