We’ve been in winter for months now, and if you’re anything like me then you’re itching for spring to arrive. In its anticipation we can either wait out the last cold and wet days or we can get a jumpstart on the planting season while bringing a smile to our faces. Below you’ll read about…
Raised bed gardening is an old method with new popularity on the rise, and for good reason. A raised bed is simply an “upside down,” garden bed, essentially any bed that’s raised above the soil level, higher than the surrounding ground. They can be made by creating a mounded pile of soil, or using materials…
Native plants are those that naturally occurred in North America, before European colonization. Native plants are more likely to establish quickly, with heartier deeper root systems, and thrive in the specific conditions that they’ve evolved in over millions of years. Non-native plants, or “exotic” plants are primarily brought to North America from Asia or Western…
The goal of every living organism, including plants, is to create offspring for the next generation. Nature invented sexual reproduction as a mechanism for life to move forward, a life-force that passes right through us and makes us a key link in the evolutionary chain. As children, we were taught about the mystical act that…