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Natural Garden News from Grounded – September 4, 2026
Inside this edition of Natural Garden News Feeling fall, thinking of spring If you want a Grounded garden… When the land you inherit isn’t yours Why some of the weeds are staying Filling a hole in the forest Making it feel more like ‘here’ New book – The Unfinished Cottage Landscape Late summer at Lucas House The Grounded native plants ideas generator! My Haliburton Native Plant Database A woodland garden’s first year Haliburton native plants explained Today’s recommended reading Today’s…
Read MoreFilling a hole in the forest
Imposing our will on nature results in struggle at best, disaster at worst.
Read MoreWhy some of the weeds are staying
When we work with nature, we can use its habits to our advantage.
Read MoreMaking it feel more like ‘here’
I spend a lot of time looking at what’s already growing around the property. It’s what the land wants to become. And it’s a clue to what to plant.
Read MoreWhen the landscape you inherit isn’t yours
Sometimes the gap between mowed lawn and thick forest becomes unbearable.
Read MoreNatural Garden News from Grounded – August 1, 2026
Inside this edition of Natural Garden News Hurry up and stop If you want a Grounded garden… A time for planting, a time for singing Land heals but it doesn’t go back Doing it for me, benefiting us all When the trees fell New book – The Unfinished Cottage Landscape What’s going on at Lucas House The Grounded native plants ideas generator! My Haliburton Native Plant Database English Haliburton cottage garden The dirty secret about poor soils Today’s recommended reading Today’s VIP (Very…
Read MoreLand heals but it doesn’t go back
What happens when the builders leave.
Read MoreA time for planting, a time for singing
When you’re in the garden, you’re in a process that started long before you put a shovel into the ground and will continue long after you’re gone.
Read MoreDoing it for me, benefiting us all
Beavers change landscapes and create biodiversity. Can we be more like beavers?
Read MoreWhen the trees fell
Trees mean something to us. They also mean something to those who come after us.
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