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Natural landscaping: how to choose the right plants
Creating natural landscapes isn’t just about native plants. It’s more like playing a 4D game of Tetris. Here’s how I choose the right plants.
Read MoreNatural Garden News from Grounded – June 22
Inside this edition of Natural Garden News: What the Highlands and plants have in common; If you want a Grounded garden…; A look at two gardens we installed this spring; How to weed native plant gardens; Today’s recommended reading; Today’s VIP (Very Important Plant); This week in the Highlands; From the socials.
Read MoreWeeding native plant gardens: a dance with nature
I was out weeding the native plant garden at Lucas House this week, before it got too hot. Just an hour later, I felt 100 times better.
Read MoreTwo very different Haliburton native plant landscapes
Here are two Haliburton native plant landscapes Grounded has installed this past month. One is a dry prairie-style garden on a septic leach bed, the other is a shade garden on a steep slope.
Read MoreNatural Garden News from Grounded – June 8
Inside this edition of Natural Garden News: Welcome to our new friends from the home show! Will the deer eat these plants? If you want a Grounded garden… ; Do you really need that many plants? My most important advice to the owners of new gardens Today’s recommended reading; Today’s VIP (Very Important Plant); This week in the garden; From the socials
Read MoreDeer and native plants: Will your garden get eaten?
There is no such thing as a totally deer-resistant plant. But native plants have a better chance of being nibble-free than most.
Read MoreMy most important advice about your natural garden
When I install a new garden, I provide a handbook, explaining the plants in the garden and how to manage the garden in the future. Of all the advice in the handbook, this is the most important.
Read MoreThe Great Haliburton Used Plant Pot Drive
Do you have empty plant pots you want to get rid of? Don’t just throw them away or put them in the recycling – they can be re-used! Find out how.
Read MoreNatural Garden News from Grounded – May 25
Inside this edition of Natural Garden News: That awkward age; Do native plant gardens have to be messy? Getting started with native plant gardening in Haliburton; Where to meet Rufus (and Simon, if you must); Today’s recommended reading; Today’s VIP (Very Important Plant); Notes from the garden at Lucas House; From the socials
Read MoreNative Plants Are Messy: Is That True?
Native plant gardens are messy. That’s the number one claim that people such as myself face. But are natural landscapes really an unruly tangle?
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