Eastern Prickly Pear about to pop! (slrpnk.net)
So many flower buds!...
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So many flower buds!...
Just found out about this law that went into effect in 2021 in MD. HOAs or communities cannot require turf-only landscapes.
In this patch, I’m working towards a mix of violets (Viola sororia), nimblewill (Muhlenbergia schreberi), white avens (Geum canadense), and yellow woodsorrel (Oxalis stricta). There’s also clover, chickweed, mock strawberry and others I’m weeding out. The shrub is an elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) which should get 10...
Another good reason for killing your lawn is that once you’ve done so, you can turn your yard into a literal classroom in order to study things like plant identification and the ecology of the native habitat that once stood where your house is....
I hope these type of requests are allowed here. Otherwise just let me know and I’ll remove my post....
Gardeners often don’t realize gardens make for great firefly habitat, helping to replace lost natural habitat. The common firefly — the Big Dipper firefly (Photinus pyralis) — readily takes to an organic habitat. The trick is to make your garden as inviting as possible for fireflies to take up residence....
I’ve been at war with Privet. No matter what I do, the little bugger comes back in full force. How do I get rid of this relentless plant for good?
I came home from bringing my daughter to an extracurricular to find a big pile of grass in the backyard. My wife said that she was trying to pull out some of the Ground Ivy that has been plaguing our yard and garden over the last few years and found that the sod just started coming up like a carpet, so she went with it. We spent...
A garden that’s planted purely by aesthetic decisions is like a car with no engine. It may look beautiful, the stereo works great, but you’re going to have to push it up the hill....
Collecting Native Seed - US Forest Service...
I recently replaced two outdoor light bulbs with dusk-till-dawn bug lights from Sunco. Immediately noticed less bugs around lights which means less bugs caught in the never ending spider webs....