Habitat Hacks: Want Fireflies? Leave the Leaves
Fireflies are having a moment in the media. Which has been great for these enchanting bugs. However much of the coverage has been about...
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Barbara Bour
- Jul 19
- 1 min
Plant Hacks: Native Shrubs -- Bottlebrush Buckeye
Native shrubs tend to be forgotten in the native plant conversations. Bottlebrush Buckeye and other large native shrubs provide...
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Barbara Bour
- Jul 6
- 1 min
Design Hacks: Mix of Different Types of Plants Creates Interest
These beds are intentionally crowded with native perennials mixed with a few large shrubs that provide structure
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Barbara Bour
- May 15
- 1 min
Design Hacks: Reduce Weeding and Mulching--Crowd Your Plants
Did you know that you can eliminate all of the spring mulching and reduce weeding by crowding you plants. If you plant plenty of them and...
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Barbara Bour
- Apr 1
- 3 min
Organic Lawn Care for Busy People: Lawn To Do List Spring
Lawn chemicals, synthetic fertilizer and blowing are causing environmental problems, impacting our health, and interfering with soil...
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Barbara Bour
- Mar 22
- 1 min
Save, Bees, Beneficial Bugs, Money & Time. How? Don't Bother with All of That Blowing
The start of warm weather brings the roar and pollution of gas fired leaf blowers. Did you know that blowing is not only a waste of...
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Barbara Bour
- Feb 24
- 1 min
Winter Hacks: Winter is Excellent Time for Tree Maintenance
Our trees are the hardest workers in our yards. They cool, they soak up storm water and they bring joy. To keep them as long as possible...
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Barbara Bour
- Jan 9
- 1 min
Habitat Hacks: Doug Tallamy - If You Plant Natives, Native Insects will Show Up
This caterpillar showed up on Virginia Creeper Vine last summer. It may be Virginia Creeper Sphinx (Darapsa myron). Doug Tallamy's books...
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Barbara Bour
- May 12, 2022
- 1 min
Camassia quamash, an Underutilized Bulb.
Camassia is an under utilized bulb that is native to North West and Southern Canada
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Barbara Bour
- Dec 15, 2021
- 1 min
Leave it....
Save yourself needless Fall busy work. It is perfectly OK to leave seed pods, hydrangea blooms and grasses for the winter. They provide...
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Barbara Bour
- Jul 26, 2021
- 2 min
Design & Habitat Hacks: Adding Native Plants to Your Yard is Easier than You Think
Adding native plants, shrubs and trees to your yard is easier than you think and important to supporting habitat and addressing climate...
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Barbara Bour
- May 5, 2021
- 1 min
Design and Habitat Hacks: Trees are and Important Part of Suburban Landscape Design
Trees are often neglected in garden & landscape design. They provide comfort as our yards are getting too hot to be enjoyed in full sun....
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Barbara Bour
- Mar 14, 2021
- 1 min
Design Hacks: Garden Design for a Small Home
Mix of Shrubs of various sizes and Perennials. Limited by tidy lawn as negative space.
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Barbara Bour
- Mar 14, 2021
- 1 min
Design Hacks: Garden for a Small Home
Design for small front yards. Been working on this property, making small adjustments every year by replacing over scaled shrubs with...
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Barbara Bour
- Sep 23, 2020
- 1 min
Plant Hacks: My Favorite Native Weeds, White Snakeroot
White Snakeroot is an aggressive spreader, part shady. Blooms in September. White Snakeroot is known as the plant that poisoned Abraham...
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Barbara Bour
- Sep 23, 2020
- 1 min
Plant Hacks: My Favorite Native Weeds, Wood Aster
Wood Aster, Eurybia divaricata), appears sporadically in part to full shade areas. Blooms in September.
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Barbara Bour
- Sep 23, 2020
- 1 min
Plant Hacks: My Favorite Native Weeds, Devil's Beggars Ticks
Devil's Beggars Ticks. Appears sporadically in sunny areas. Blooms July-Sept.
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Barbara Bour
- Sep 23, 2020
- 1 min
Plant Hacks: My Favorite Native Weeds, Mist Flower
Mist Flower (Conoclinium coelestinum). Blooms in late Aug. Spreads aggressively in sunny to part shade.
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Barbara Bour
- Aug 11, 2020
- 1 min
Design Hacks: The Power of Large & Vertical in Plant Design
Add visual interest and habitat support with variety of sizes and shapes with trees and large shrubs.
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Barbara Bour
- Aug 11, 2020
- 1 min
Plant Hacks: My Favorite Native Weeds - Cup Flower (Silphium perfoliatum)
Planted seeds several years ago. Cup flower has found its way to several places in my property where I let it go.
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