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FALLEN LEAVES PART II

November 9, 2012 • Categories: Getting Started, Lawns, Pat's Comments • by

FALLEN  LEAVES PART II   A few weeks ago, a friend sent out an e-mail to a long list of people, asking what we could do to mitigate global warming in addition to the other things we had already done:  change our light bulbs, drive less, turn down the thermostat and the water heater, eat [...]

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I Love Sedges

June 3, 2011 • Categories: Ecology, Getting Started, Natural World • by

I Love Sedges! “And what,” you may ask, “ is a sedge?” A sedge is a grass-like plant that has solid triangular stems as opposed to the round, hollow stems of grasses.  “Sedges have edges” is a popular aphorism, that cleverly describes the difference.   It is not always true, but it is often enough [...]

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If you are not quite ready to go all the way…

January 17, 2011 • Categories: Getting Started • by

If you aren’t quite ready to go all the way… is my most popular power point program with Garden Clubs.  The subtitle is …mixing native plants with your existing perennial gardens. The titillating title catches the eye and the sub-title closes the deal.  Members of Garden Clubs already have gardens and to tear them up [...]

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Prairie Dropseed

September 19, 2010 • Categories: Fall Garden, Getting Started • by

If you want to start a prairie garden, I recommend that you first plant Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepsis). If you have a perennial garden, place Prairie Dropseed between the plants. It grows in whorled, arching mound, 2-3′ tall and around. In late July-early August, delicate, fragrant, airy panicles of flowers begin to emerge on stiff [...]

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