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Cat Love Can Kill
7 ways animal lovers can protect cats and wildlife. Plus, 5 native sunflowers to brighten your yard.
Your Eye Has to Travel
How to create garden layout for a delightful walk through your yard
The New American Lawn
Why a tapestry of white clover, violets, and more is the new great American lawn
What? I Can't Hear You!
How to use trees and shrubs for noise reduction — good news about planting solutions
Wait! B4 You Cut Down That Tree
Your dead tree may be worth more in your yard than a live one.
Managing Japanese Beetles with Native Plants
What do Japanese beetles eat? What do they avoid? And should you care?
Your Gut & Your Garden
How natural landscapes impact your mood; plus, finding the guts to get going.
5 Steps to Order Your Plants
Hurry! Buying native plants takes planning and a spirit of adventure.
You Can Do Better.
What's your impact? Try my lawn care, the environment, and our ecosystem self-assessment.
Advice About Deer Fences
Humane, beautiful, budget-friendly ways to protect vegetable gardens from wildlife
Remember When Fireflies Lit Summer Nights?
Even a fire escape can help bring lightning bugs back if you plant keystone species.
Save Money with Winter Sowing
Forget mow and blow; propagating native plants is the new, new thing.
Celebrating 6 Months with 6 Rewilding Success Stories
Including new bipartisan legislation to restore native vegetation. Now that's wild.
Defining “Native Plant”
With a short glossary of ecological landscaping terms: exotic, naturalized, invasive, etc.
3 Steps to a Garden Plan
Think big, even if your yard is small, to deliver outsized experiences.