NOT ME, NOPE. ‘I DEFINITELY WON’T DO THAT AGAIN.’ Find yourself saying any such thing as the new year dawned? Someone in A Way to Garden’s South Dakota office apparently did. Thanks, Andre Jordan, for sharing your resolves (or those of your imagination, at least). They aren’t the first such “I will’s” you’ve doodled for us:
And as you said: Amen, to all of it.
THE LECTURE that he’s been giving for a number of years is not-so-subtly called “Kill Your Lawn.” Ecological horticulturist Dan Jaffe Wilder knows that starting over and creating an entire native habitat instead of a lawn isn’t for everyone. But Dan just wants to grab our attention and get us to start to make some changes at least in the way we care for the turfgrass we do want in our landscapes. And maybe give up a little square footage of it to some other kind of more diverse planting, too, like the wild strawberries (Fragaria virginiana, inset). Alternative, more eco-focused styles of lawn care, along with some lawn alternatives is what he and I talked about on the podcast. Dan is Director of Applied Ecology at Norcross Wildlife Foundation in Wales, Massachusetts, and its 8,000-acre sanctuary. He’s also co-author with Mark Richardson of the book “Native Plants for New England Gardens.”
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Now say 10 Hail Marys and 3 Glory Be’s… AMEN! :-)
I shall gather more apples before they drop.
Lucy
I realized in December that I forgot to plant my carefully saved garlic. I promise to do better next year.
My list is so long — even this many years into this crazy passion/hobby/lifestyle of ours — that I dare not share it. :)
Dear Mother Nature, I promise to stop buying indoor plants condemning them to a slow and agonizing death.
I love Andre!
I promise to deadhead the striking, but prolific, Perilla before its fallen seeds result in a weedy line of purple “snakes” filling the cracks of my bluestone patio.
Don’t agree on the hedge trimmer comment. Have been doing it all by hand for years. The new electric trimmer is working so well on my long driveway hedge. There is a time and place for everything…..