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A Postcard From “Bad Soil”

If Mother Nature and The Green Man sent you a short message about what you are calling "bad soil," it might look something like this...  

A Postcard About “No Mow May”

I love alliteration as much as anyone...it's a great tool for titles and marketing campaigns. But a catchy slogan can sell a concept that has little or mixed merit. So it is for "No Mow May." The idea here was to encourage people to let flowers bloom in their lawns...

Why Don’t All Shrubs and Trees Leaf Out at the Same Time?

Sometimes people wonder why some of their shrubs and trees have produced leaves in the spring while others have not. Often, they worry that a plant that hasn't broken dormancy yet is dead. While sometimes it is true that a branch or an entire plant has died and this...
A Postcard From Evergreens

A Postcard From Evergreens

What if you could get a postcard from Mother Nature, The Green Man, or the plants themselves? A postcard contains pithy advice about gardens and growing plants from the point of view of the natural world. Here is a...

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