Deep Roots Landscape Design

Now is a very good time to begin aggressively spraying deer spray. Or to get an aggressive German Shepherd. The deer are establishing this year's foraging patterns and are teaching them to their young, so making your yard as inhospitable as possible now will encourage them to go elsewhere for the rest of the year. At least in theory--the deer are unpredictable.

The science of leaving your leaves. Just rake them, whole, onto your beds, and the pollinators will thank you.

calculating the impact of leaving the leaves, with max ferlauto EVERY GARDENER has certainly heard the rallying cry each recent autumn to “leave the leaves,” invoking us to go gentler with our cleanup to support a diversity of beneficial invertebrates who call the fallen leaves

Friends, please reconsider "No-Mow May." Like many ideas that sound good at first blush, it turns out to be a pretty bad idea. Your yard and your wildlife do not benefit from it.

Just Say No to No Mow May Letting your lawn go won't appease neighbors and could lead to invasive w**d issues. If you want to mow less and provide increased ecosystem function, consider a more intentional design that takes into account how you use the space, what environmental ben

Native plants do it all...

‘The dead zone is real’: why US farmers are embracing wildflowers Strips of native plants on as little as 10% of farmland can reduce soil erosion by up to 95%