Eco-Friendly Landscaping Blog

Sustainable Gardening/Landscaping: 5 Principles. Part I

Sustainable Gardening/Landscaping: The 5 Principles. Sustainable Gardening/Landscaping: The 5 Principles: Part I. When explicitly distilled down to basics, responsible landscaping is actually pretty simple. Sticking ...

Protecting Plants from Deer

Protecting Plants from Deer. The Mild Winter Affect. Altogether the mild winter this year gave way to an exploding mammal population in spring. Undoubtedly ...

Please stop with the Lyme tick nurseries: How to prevent ticks in yard.

How to Prevent Ticks in Your Yard

Please stop with Lyme tick nurseries. Aka, How to prevent ticks in your yard. Certainly, many people are considering while they plan their outdoor spaces: ...

Do Deer Eat Pumpkins?

Do Deer Eat Pumpkins? Do deer eat pumpkins? This question is not so flippantly dismissed as the Deer + Mums query. Because pumpkins are ...

Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)

Blue Mistflower: A Native Wildflower for Pollinator-Friendly Gardens At Jessecology Eco-Landscaping, we love highlighting native plants that not only beautify the landscape but also support ...

Climate Change + Gardens

Climate Change + Gardens. Climate Change + Gardens: Future-Proofing with Biodiversity and Soil Health. As climate change intensifies, environmentally conscious homeowners are facing new gardening ...

Plants Deer Eat

Plants Deer Eat. Plants Deer Eat: A Permaculture Approach to Managing Deer in Your Garden Altogether, one of the most persistent challenges is managing ...

Do Deer Eat Mums?

Do Deer Eat Mums? The answer to the question, “Do deer eat Mums?” Is a quick, “Yes.” Of course, they do. Why wouldn’t they? They’re ...

Why is Fall Garden Planting the Best Strategy?

Fall Garden Planting. Why is Fall Garden Planting the Best Strategy? Why Is Fall the Best Time for New Landscaping Projects? There are countless reasons ...

The doggie has the right approach to yard work!

Ease up on the yard work. It’s just kinder.

Ease up on the yard work. It’s just kinder. “Yard Work.” This time of year, people wear themselves and each other out with yardwork. There’s ...

Low Maintenance Plants

Low Maintenance Plants: A Native Landscaping Solution. Book an estimate for low maintenance landscaping now. Low Maintenance Planning. If you’re looking for a beautiful garden ...

Aromatic aster is the best fall perennial plant to plant.

Perennials to plant in fall

Perennials to plant in fall. Book an estimate now. Cooperate with nature. When you plant your garden in fall, you mimic nature’s rhythm exactly. Cooperating ...

Apple Picking in Upstate NY

Apple Picking in Upstate NY: Top 5 Places to Visit. Top 5 Apple Picking Farms to Visit. 1. Your own backyard. Seriously, why not? Plant ...

Swamp Plants

Swamp Plants: Nature’s Wetland Wonders TL;DR version: Book an estimate now for wetland restoration. Swamps are rich, vibrant ecosystems, and the plants in these wetlands play ...

Norway Maple tree vs Sugar Maple.

Norway Maple tree vs Sugar Maple. Native Sugar Maples (Acer saccharum) and invasive Norway Maples (Acer platanoides) can seem similar at first, but there are ...