Barbara BourSep 241 minDirt Hacks: What a Book About Regenerative Agriculture Has Taught Me About My Yard.Just read Gabe Brown's Dirt to Soil. This is an optimistic story about regenerative agriculture that begins with the dirt and ends with a...
Barbara BourSep 241 minPlant Hacks: My Favorite Native Weeds, White SnakerootWhite Snakeroot is an aggressive spreader, part shady. Blooms in September. White Snakeroot is known as the plant that poisoned Abraham ...
Barbara BourSep 241 minPlant Hacks: My Favorite Native Weeds, Wood AsterWood Aster, Eurybia divaricata), appears sporadically in part to full shade areas. Blooms in September.
Barbara BourSep 241 minPlant Hacks: My Favorite Native Weeds, Devil's Beggers SticksDevil's Beggers Sticks. Appears sporadically in sunny areas. Not an aggressive spreader. Blooms July-Sept.
Barbara BourSep 241 minPlant Hacks: My Favorite Native Weeds, Mist FlowerMist Flower (Conoclinium coelestinum). Blooms in late Aug. Spreads aggressively in sunny to part shade.
Barbara BourAug 121 minDesign 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.
Barbara BourAug 121 minPlant 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.
Barbara BourJul 111 minThe Future of Dry Basements is GreenA recent tropical storm dumped over three inches of rain in a single day. I watched much of it flood impervious streets, storm drains and...
Barbara BourJul 91 minDesign Hacks: Support Habitat and Reduce Work by Planting in Layers & Densely Planting layers of plants and planting densely reduces maintenance and better supports habitat. Here area is anchored by large shrubs (Cr...
Barbara BourJul 91 minPlant Hacks: Native Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa), Supports Pollinators and Beneficial InsectsButterfly weed feeds pollinators and beneficial insects including Monarchs. Butterfly weed enjoys full sun.
Barbara BourJun 101 minDesign Hacks: Common Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius), Large Native ShrubI love large shrubs. This Ninebark adds structure and full season interest to the garden and provide great bird habitat.
Barbara BourJun 101 minDesign Hacks: Vintage Native Shrubs Worth Saving - Mountain LaurelNative Mountain Laurels (Kalmia latifolia) like this were planted when many of our homes where built. Unfortunately many have been remov...
Barbara BourJun 81 minDesign Hacks: Vintage Natives are Worth Saving - Rosebay RhododendronNative Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) were planted when many of our homes where built. Unfortunately many have been removed and repl...
Barbara BourMay 291 minDesign Hacks: Aiming for Perpetual Bloom - Late May Bearded Iris (Iris croatica) and Catmint (Nepeta) False Indigo (Baptisia australis), native
Barbara BourMay 191 minDesign Hacks: Thinking about Refreshing Your Landscape? Consider Reuse of Some of What You HaveTypical landscape refresh is a rip out and replace thing, which can be wasteful. To be honest, some stuff like Taxus badly sheared for de...
Barbara BourMay 191 minLawn Hacks: Whats Wrong with My Lawn?All lawns, including chemical free, require some TLC. Top photo, lawn is overwhelmed with weeds and bare spots. This can be result of low...
Barbara BourMay 71 minPlant Hacks: Native Camassia and Bush HoneysuckleUnder utilized native spring bulb Camassia and small native shrub Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla Rivularis 'Kodak')
Barbara BourApr 291 minMost Yard Waste is Not Waste At All, It's an AssetA of what we do to maintain our yards costs a lot of time and money and is not so great from environmental and habitat standpoint. Typica...
Barbara BourApr 291 minBring Joy to Your Garden with NativesBring joy to your garden, birds, bugs and pretty much everything else with rich variety of native perennials, shrubs and trees. A list of...
Barbara BourMar 51 minSave Beneficial Bugs, Bees, Money & Time. How? Don't Bother with All of That BlowingThe start of warm weather brings the roar and pollution of blowers. Did you know that blowing is not only a waste of money, blowing is ha...
