What Is and What Is Not Compostable
Food and lawn waste makes up 25% of all waste in landfills. These natural materials are biodegradable, but they do not break down in landfills properly because they are so…
Raking Leaves: Yes or No?
In recent years, the environmental impacts of raking have become increasingly well known. Yard debris accounts for 13% of the nation’s solid waste! Every fall re-introduces many seasonal favorites that…
Preventing Salt Damage To Your Yard
The easiest way to prevent salt damage to your landscaping is to not use it. However, this is not possible for most people, as walkways need to be safe for…
Prepare Your Yard For Winter
Just because snow is coming does not mean that you should abandon your yard until the thaw of spring. If the snow has not yet come, here is what you…
Flowers You Can Eat!
Now is the best time to start planning your yard for spring, and there’s one question you should ask yourself: would you like to eat your landscaping? There are a…
More Winter Landscaping Tips
Have Hardscape Elements In the winter you need to rely on your hardscape, so anything non-living, such as patios, brick work, walls, fountains, arches, etc. Wooden archways especially can be…
How to Prevent Salt Damage
The easiest way to prevent salt damage to your landscaping is to not use it. However, this is not possible for most people, as walkways need to be safe for…
Are You Getting Enough Nutrition from Fruits and Vegetables?
This is a great question to those interested in the quality of food we eat. Do we get enough nutrition or do we need to supplement our meals with vitamins…
What Salt Does to Your Landscaping?
Salt can affect your landscaping in several ways. The first is how your yard will be affected. Salt will become a liquid as snow melts, and all of that liquid…