by Christie Dustman | Oct 20, 2015 | Gardening, Landscape maintenance, Perennial plants
Ok, so I was pretty suspicious of the “let’s put down a blankie” idea for the garden before winter. If you have met me, you know that I am not the type of person who makes my own crackers. I buy them. In the garden, I will do fussy things but only if there is a good...
by Christie Dustman | May 8, 2015 | Landscape maintenance
Contributed by Brian McGinn The answer to whether or not to mulch your garden beds is simply…YES! Adding a layer of mulch to your garden does many things: enhances soil nutrition by adding nutrients as it decomposes (reducing the need for fertilizers), reduces the...
by Christie Dustman | Apr 17, 2014 | Education, Landscape maintenance
With the snow long gone and temperatures warming up, we look ahead to our national holiday, Earth Day, on Tuesday, April 22nd. For almost half a century now every April 22nd has been about celebrating the Earth and trying to make our environment more healthy and...