How Late Can You Plant in the Fall? Every autumn, we hear the same worried question: “Is it too late to plant?” Usually, the answer is no. How Late Can You Plant in the Fall? Probably later than you’d guess. At Jessecology, we plant for clients until Thanksgiving most years. At our own wildflower farm
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How to Replace Your Lawn With Native Plants. A traditional lawn may look tidy, but it offers very little food or shelter for native wildlife. It also requires regular mowing and may depend on irrigation, fertilizer, and weed control. Replacing even part of your lawn with native plants can transform an underused area into a
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How to Grow a Native Garden Some people stop mowing, let the weeds take over, and call it “native gardening.” It isn’t. How to grow a native garden is much more strategic. A native garden is a designed, intentional landscape built from plants that evolved alongside your region’s wildlife, soils, and climate. Get the basics
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Native Plants for New York: More Than a Pretty Garden Native plants are obviously having a moment. They appear on municipal planting lists, at garden centers, in glossy magazines, and certainly all-over social media. But native plants are not simply a new gardening style. They are living parts of an ancient, highly interconnected system, and
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How to Keep Rabbits Out of Your Garden. Basically, how to protect your new native plants without declaring war on wildlife. Congratulations straightaway! You’ve presently installed a beautiful new native garden. Unfortunately, the bunnies have also received the announcement. How to Keep Rabbits Out of Your Garden? Note: Independent expertise exists because of your support.
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Eco Friendly Garden in Saratoga In July of 2013 we designed and installed an eco friendly garden in Saratoga Springs, NY. The new, eco friendly landscaping is mostly located in the front yard of the property, and it’s really developed into something beautiful this year. We decided to create a formal garden theme to fit
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Are Coffee Grounds Good for Plants? Are coffee grounds good for plants? Everyone wants to know: are coffee grounds good for plants? It’s one of those gardening tips that gets repeated so often it feels like it must be true. Save your morning coffee grounds, sprinkle them around your plants, and you’ve got free fertilizer.
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The Long Garden Game The Long Garden Game. Native wildflower gardens are certainly not just a trend. They are one of the most practical, hopeful ways we can heal land in the United States. However, they ask something difficult of us: patience. These gardens do not perform on demand. Instead, they unfold over time, rewarding
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Native foraging. Exploring the Bounty of Nature: The Art and Ethics of Native Foraging. In our fast-paced modern world, it’s easy to overlook the abundance that nature offers right outside our doorstep. Foraging, the age-old practice of gathering wild plants and fungi for food, medicine, and craft, reconnects us with the land and the seasons
Roots Before Blooms Roots Before Blooms: How Native Gardens Truly Grow. One of the best ways to understand native gardens is through the idea of Roots Before Blooms. It captures the honest rhythm of how these landscapes establish, mature, and thrive over time. Year One is the Sleep phase. This stage often rather tests good
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People’s reasons for organic gardening are varied. Some folks love animals and want to protect our wildlife by not using harmful chemicals. Others may have health problems they’re trying to ameliorate by living a chemical free lifestyle. Organic gardening may be seen as an outdoors extension of their clean life. Organic edible gardens gain
Giant Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea) is a gorgeous New York state native species plant that’s listed as endangered and rare in NYS. It is notably difficult to find for sale, even at specialty native plant nurseries. NY Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) is another native Ironweed species that’s easier to locate for purchase at nurseries. Both Giant Ironweed
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