Eco-Friendly Landscaping Blog
Buying Native Plants
Buying Native Plants. Why Buying Native Plants from a Local, Organic Nursery Sets Your Garden Up for Real Success. When you’re planning a native plant ...
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Common Landscaping Mistakes
Common Landscaping Mistakes and How to Avoid Them. Common Landscaping Mistakes. Common landscaping mistakes are not common-sense events. Landscaping is an art and a science. ...
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Cool Plants
Cool Plants: Native Species That Bring the Wow Factor. At Jessecology, we’re in love with native plants. They’re beautiful, functional, and a vital part of ...
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What is Permaculture?
What Is Permaculture? A Beginner’s Guide to Sustainable Living. Permaculture is a design philosophy that works with nature rather than against it. Rooted in ethics ...
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Japanese Knotweed & Modern Ecology
The Truth About Japanese Knotweed: New Perspectives. The Latin name for Japanese knotweed is Reynoutria japonica. It is also sometimes referred to by its older ...
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Wildflower Seeds
Wildflower Seeds. How our Wildflower Seeds are different. Most “wildflower seed” mixes available on the market today utilize a blend of annuals + introduced plants, ...
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Indoor Herb Garden
How to Create an Indoor Herb Garden for Year-Round Freshness Indoor herb gardens are a wonderful way to source fresh, organic ingredients into your kitchen ...
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Pine Tree Gardens
Pine Tree Gardens A recent rainy Monday found the Jessecology team on a break near a Pine Forest in the Albany Pinebush Nature Preserve. This ...
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Permaculture Design Soil Management: When Weeds Talk.
Permaculture Design: When Weeds Talk. Continued from the invasive plant series. Part I. II. III. Permaculture Design re: plant interpretation. Plants spontaneously show up on ...
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Why are Dandelions Bad?
Why are Dandelions Bad (Or Are They?) Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) are one of the most recognizable plants in lawns and gardens across North America. But ...
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Monarch Butterfly Garden
Monarch Butterfly Garden Creating the Perfect Monarch Butterfly Garden: Beyond Milkweed Monarch butterflies are one of the most beloved pollinators in our gardens. Of course, ...
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NY Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracenis)
NY Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracenis) NY Ironweed: A Bold Choice for Native Gardens NY Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) is a must-have for anyone restoring habitat and adding stunning ...
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Do Deer Eat Roses?
Do Deer Eat Roses? Yes, let’s cut to the chase: deer eat roses. Because of course they do. But that’s the good news- now you don’t have ...
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Pollinator Garden Kit
Pollinator Garden Kit. Unquestionably, nonprofits in NYS are doing a lot of volunteer work on behalf of the environment right now. Obviously, it’s an exciting ...
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Invasive Species in NY + Kindness
Invasive Species in NY + Kindness PRISM At Jessecology, we’ve been conscious of the environmental destruction and devastation that invasive species plants can cause for ...
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