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What is Mulch?

What is Mulch? What Is Mulch? Mulch is one of the simplest features of a healthy garden. At its core, mulch is a topdressed layer ...
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Open pollinated

What Does Open Pollinated Mean?

What Does Open Pollinated Mean? If you spend time in a garden or browsing seed catalogs, you may have seen the phrase open pollinated. But ...
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Plant densely, and avoid a common landscaping mistake!

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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Rain in the permaculture garden.

Permaculture Garden

What Is a Permaculture Garden? A Beginner’s Guide to Sustainable Growing A Natural System Right at Home. A permaculture garden is a place to grow ...
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Compost tea is the panacea to garden problems.

Compost Tea

Compost Tea: The Garden’s Magic Water If there’s one panacea solution to most garden problems, it might be compost tea. This “magic water” is made ...
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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 ...
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Homesteading

Homesteading: Living Closer to the Land Homesteading in modern America is a definite lifestyle trend. Although this may be true, it is also a return ...
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Apple picking in upstate NY photos.

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 ...
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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 ...
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Giant Yellow Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides) and Rudbeckia triloba are NY native plants in a garden.

Native plants for New York State gardens

Native plants for New York State gardens. Native Plants for New York State Gardens. If you’re planning a garden in New York State, native plants ...
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Low maintenance front yards are the future of habitat restoration efforts, and landscaping too!

Low Maintenance Front Yard Landscaping

Low Maintenance Modern Front Yard Landscaping Low maintenance front yard landscaping is a new communication tool to indicate who’s cool in neighborhoods, in recent years. ...
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Jessecology is a sustainable gardening and eco-landscaping firm founded by an ecologist.

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 ...
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Jessecology destroys invasives. Invasive species in New York state don't stand a chance!

Invasive plant species New York

Invasive plant species New York. Invasive Plant Species in New York: What to Watch For. Invasives are certainly a growing problem across New York State. ...
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Sugar Maple trees are beautiful and eco-beneficial.

How is Maple Syrup made?

How is Maple Syrup made? Maple syrup is one of nature’s sweetest gifts, and its creation is a beautiful process rooted in seasonal rhythms and ...
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Plants that attract butterflies and hummingbirds are native species.

Are Butterflies Pollinators?

Are Butterflies Pollinators? Yes—butterflies are pollinators! While bees tend to get most of the credit for pollination, butterflies also play a crucial role in maintaining ...
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