Welcome to 2020! A new decade? I’ve heard it said that the decade doesn’t start until 2021 but I think this starts the ‘20s. I hope your holidays were great… read more →
It was suggested that I should do some newsletters on favorite plants. Great idea! I love talking about plants and the sweet bay magnolia rates high on my list of… read more →
Unfortunately, most plantings around our homes are done by homeowners without much forethought or by the builder as part of a basic landscaping requirement for new homes. In the latter… read more →
Well as I write this, we should still be watering! This year has been crazy from record wet this spring to extremely dry, even now in the middle of October.… read more →
How did I get into this crazy business in the first place? Well I was raised in a tight little neighborhood subdivision on the east side of Columbus back in… read more →
As many of you know, I spent 3 years after college working in nurseries and gardens in Europe. Specifically England and Germany. Landscape gardening is a way of life in… read more →
Huh? Don’t have one? I get it. You’ve got other things to think about. Well since I’ve been thinking about and working in landscaping since the 1970s and before, I’ve… read more →
This spring was another one for the record books. Record wet! Lake Erie is as high as it’s ever been. That’s certainly better than too low. But I don’t think… read more →
Mothers Day is a good rule of thumb for planting annuals and taking your house plants outside. Of course we need to watch the weather forecast carefully as we’ve had… read more →
Funny as I sit down to write my April newsletter/blog post, I’m reviewing what I said last April. I could pretty much just copy it word for word! Here’s what… read more →