Mother’s Day 2021

This mother’s day, I added a weeping yaupon holly… A brief history of my landscape. My husband, who I married a few years ago, has lived in our house for over 20 years and pretty much just mowed the yard. Besides four full-grown pines, one huge Southern Magnolia, a slowly dying cherry tree, and multiple […]

Gardening for Pollinators

…and to save the planet Becoming an environmentalist was probably the most profound change in my life. Never did I use round-up or other poisons, even when they said it was safe.  Don’t get me wrong, I’ve planted many non-native species but something has changed within the last year or so. Since moving from Chicago […]

Does your soil need minerals?

Soil is a mixture of minerals, hummus, air and water and microbes. The soil needs pretty much what we need to be healthy. Minerals make up almost 40% to 45% of the total of all the soil components and are classified into primary and secondary. Minerals provide the plant good nutrition, just like we need, […]