No Neonics: Three Easy Ways to Help
Protecting Yourself and Creatures from Pesticides by Sandy Swegel Just a moment to be serious now. Spring has arrived and stores are filling with bedding plants and seeds. At the same time, homeowners are noticing all the weeds in yards and some still go out to buy weed killer. There are three easy quick things […]
It’s Spring. Oh, so Ephemeral!
The Beauty of Spring by Sandy Swegel Spring Equinox is officially upon us. All the joys of the season abound. Birds singing, Crocuses blooming, Baby lambs gamboling in the fields outside of town. Yet one of the dearest and most fleeting of Spring delights is the annual blooming of the spring ephemeral wildflowers. This is a great […]
Saving the Monarch—one yard at a time
How You Can Save the Monarch by Sandy Swegel Native plant advocate Doug Tallamy tells a wonderful story about how the Atala butterfly was saved from the brink of extinction. “…the Atala butterfly was thought to be extinct in the 1970s. Then landscapers started placing the insect’s food source, a native plant called the coontie, […]