Gardens are places where we see cycles of life and interactions between flora, insects, and fauna. Native plants have symbiotic relationships that have evolved over …
Steps to Adding the Right Natives to your Garden
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Very Helpful Native Spring Ephemerals
Here in Illinois, we have some wild spring ephemerals that I never had the pleasure of knowing in person until moving to our new spot. …
How to Winter Sow Native Seed
If the year were a day, I’d say we are at about 3am. I got a bit of a late start on my winter sowing, …
Be a Good Neighbor to your Land
Being a good neighbor is more than being helpful and kind to the human and furry friends that live near you. Consider the ecology and …
The Time is Here to Order SEEDS!
Seed catalogues are a lifeline to the warmer months that the typical gardener desperately dreams of. They come one by one in the mail, and …
You are an Awfully Pretty Drainage Ditch
“You are beautiful!” We see that so many places, stickers on walls, buildings, posts, signs, etc. It is plastered many places, but you can’t plaster …