FIFTEEN AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN LATER (in under two weeks, I mean)…that pretty much says to me that I won’t be watering anything until next spring. Apparently Andre Jordan got the message (do my plants text him behind my back or something?). His latest doodle perfectly portrays what they are telling me: enough! (I can’t get enough of Andre’s latest foray, though: his new online junk shop. Have you visited 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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LOL! We too here in NJ are DROWNING in water. I LOOOOOOVED Andre’s doodle.
Send it to us!!! Texas desperately needs rain! (http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/)