Jan 1, 2019

Preventing Ruts

A common gardening mistake is made when doing leaf pickup in late fall and winter. I am specifically referring to when the ground is saturated and the temperature has declined enough for it to freeze. The first part of the mistake is being too controlling--treating a few leaves like litter strewn on the floor of your home. I am convinced this hyper neat freak behavior for the landscape is a form of psychosis related to our disconnection from nature. Compost the leaves rat

Rant of the Month

Unfortunately, most people know very little about plants and gardening, including many "professionals" employed to design, choose, install and maintain landscapes. This page spotlights specific issues with commentary on remedy or recommendation for course of action. Examples are numerous and easy to find, rarely requiring me to travel far from home. Hopefully, these postings will make the task more difficult. I also feature seasonally appropriate topics and focus on species and issues to help educate.

I schedule the new rant to post at one minute after midnight on the first day of each month.

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