Garden
After the landscape is installed, the ongoing work of landscape maintenance and gardening commence! Gardening is not a chore as much as on opportunity to care for the plants in your landscapes. Gardening can be a joyful experience if you learn the techniques to keep the landscape low maintenance and focus on tasks that are fun to do.
Gardening success is rooted in knowledge
Gardening is not a innate talent, but a learned skill. Anyone can learn how to garden and care for plants. As you learn sustainable maintenance techniques and correct practices, gardening becomes easier. If you feel overwhelmed, consider hiring a garden coach!
Garden Coaching
As a garden coach, I can answer all your gardening questions, and help you have a beautiful, functional, sustainable, and low-maintenance garden. I work one-on-one in your garden or virtually through online video. If you are interested, use the link on the left to request more info and get a time scheduled.
I have been gardening for 20 years, and have a degree in Horticulture. Topics I can help you with include:
- Plant selection and identification
- Proper plant care and maintenance
- Plant health, soil health, and pest identification
- Sprucing up the garden and fixing mistakes
- Reducing maintenance
- Sustainable landscaping and permaculture
- Water-wise landscaping
- Pollinators and wildlife
- Ecological gardening, food forests, kitchen gardens
Free Online Course: Simplified Low-Maintenance Landscaping
This is a free online course offering an efficient approach to landscape maintenance. It’s perfect for those with busy lives who are short on time and might have fallen behind with normal yard work. You will learn how to prioritize maintenance tasks to gradually get a handle on things and not feel daunted working in the garden.
This course will help you to:
- Learn how to maintain your landscape when you feel overwhelmed
- Prioritize garden tasks to make the greatest impact in the time you have
- Learn what projects will make the most impact on decreasing maintenance load
- Maintain your garden in a less stressful way
From Yardwork to Gardening:
A Useful and Practical Landscape Maintenance Handbook
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Are you ready to turn the chores of yard work into pleasurable gardening? In this guide to maintaining your landscape, you’ll find everything you need to know to maintain a beautiful, functional, and sustainable landscape. This book provides easy-to-follow information and a wealth of resources to keep you on track and keep your plants healthy. Whether you are a novice or an experienced gardener, this handbook will become your go-to resource for transforming yard work into a delightful and fulfilling experience.
Inside, you will uncover all the highlights on soils, irrigation, weeding, plant health, lawns, meadows, vegetables, fruits, and flowers. It’s full of low-maintenance tips and encourages sustainable practices.
Garden Info
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FAQ: Clover Lawn
Lots of people have shown an interest in a clover lawn. I have had one for six years and here’s what I’ve learned. I’ll start with what it looks like, and then explain what I did below. Crimson clover in the foreground, white clover in background. Quick note, crimson clover is an annual, so if
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Vegetable Planning Guide
The Vegetable Planning Guide is a resource designed for easy planning in the garden. This table uses a last frost date to determine approximate planting dates for commonly grown vegetables. After downloading the form, you can input your own last frost date, and the dates will adjust accordingly. Included in the form are: Dates are
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Organic Pest Control
The first step is Prevention. It is far better to avoid pests than to combat them. How do we prevent pests and diseases? Keep plants healthy: Give them good soil, and the right amount of water (not too much or too little). Selects plants that are disease resistant and adapted to our climate: Plants have
Responsive Gardens 