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Yet another interesting mulch job
After I joined several lawn, garden and horticulture Facebook groups my landscape professional life improved considerably. Normally, I have very […]
A love letter for leaf piles
I’ve covered proper fall leaf pick up in an earlier blog. Briefly, avoid raking leaves into beautiful pyramids. Instead, put […]
On the tyranny of bedwork
Bedwork is an essential part of good landscape maintenance. Once machine work is completed, finesse work gives our sites a […]
When beginners plant garlic
When I opened up my e-mail from West Coast Seeds last week, I read about garlic and how November was […]
How a landscape slut learned to say no
Usually I have trouble saying no to extra landscape work. That’s because I am a bit of a landscape slut. […]
Stoned and dethroned: landscaping and legalized marijuana
This past week I read a few articles about the impending legalization of marijuana in Canada and what businesses might […]
Simple pleasures: how winter annuals cheer up invalids
Today started out as a normal fall day with four easy hours of backpack blowing. Native big leaf maple leaves […]
Perennial cut-back gone wrong: the case of abused Polystichum munitum ferns
The fall in the landscape is marked by leaf clean-ups and perennial cut-backs. Both actions result in clean, crisp-looking sites. […]
How to handle young workers in the new age of loyalty
Last week the West Coast got hit by the rain train which was the worst possible timing for our new […]
