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Shade Gardening

 
Is shade gardening easier than sun gardening?   I think it is… but I guess it depends on what sort of shade garden you have.   That’s not to say that I think shade gardening is easy.   It still takes planning and arranging and tending and rearranging.  Soil still has to fit the plants.  Mulch needs to [...]

Our Take on Trees

We planted several trees a couple of years ago.  They’re doing well.  It’s amazing really, how many trees we have on a just fifth of an acre.   We tend to have Japanese trees.  I know we should plant natives, but they just get too big.  So we have Japanese maple and dogwood and cherry trees.  [...]