Trees: The Backbone of Your Yard

Once you have a general landscaping plan in place and know where you want to put trees and garden beds, you still have to pick out specific plants. Trees are the backbone to any landscape. They add interest, provide welcome shade in the heat of summer, can help you...

Great Perennials

I wanted to highlight three more of my favorite perennials this time. Most perennials bloom only for a few weeks each summer. These, however, are plants that put out gorgeous blooms for most of the summer, and come back more beautiful every year. All three of these...

Book review: Heaven Scent

I took Rebecca Cornish Talley’s Heaven Scent with me on an ambulance transfer a few weeks ago, knowing I would have two and half hours to read on the way back. After having to put the book down (way too late at night), I had been anxious to get back to it. The...
Water-wise Planting

Water-wise Planting

Just the word Xeriscaping brings visions of rocks and cactus to most people’s heads. They think of those poor desert dwellers whose city ordinances prevent them from growing ten square feet of grass and shudder, grateful it isn’t them. Wikipedia says the word “refers...

Hardscaping: Taking it on First

Today we’re going to talk about hardscaping. What is that? In a nutshell, hardscaping is any non-living portion of your landscape. This includes sidewalks and driveways, retaining walls, patios or decks, gravel paths, and any other undead, er, non-living components....

Season of Sacrifice Winner!

Sorry it took so long for me to post the winner, this week has been crazy! Cathy Witbeck won the free copy of Tristi Pinkston’s book Season of Sacrifice! Congratulations Cathy, and we’ll get that mailed out to you!