A couple days ago a monarch butterfly fluttered through my yard. “You’re too early!” I told it. “Come back in a couple days when my milkweeds are planted!” Well, today’s the big day! I have my plants, and I’m ready to get them in the ground! I talked a couple weeks ago about prepping the […]
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We’ve been covering a lot about getting your garden ready for those native plants you’ve been picking out. But what if you don’t have a garden, or even a yard to put a garden in? Well, there are always containers. Containers are the solution for you if for one reason or another you can’t have
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If you’re like me, half the fun of starting a new hobby or activity or anything is the prospect of getting to go shopping. You have your list of plants in hand, you have your area for your garden all picked out, whether it’s a few square feet of yard or a couple containers—you might
Time to shop! Choosing your prairie plants. Read More »
Before I can plant either of my new gardens, I need to prep each site. “Site prep” may sound intimidating, but it definitely doesn’t have to be. It just comes in varying degrees of difficulty, and how difficult it is will depend on how you answer these questions: How much time do you have? How
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