by Julie | Jul 28, 2019 | Backyard Ideas, California Native Plants, Edibles, Front Yard Ideas, Homeowner Tips, Low Maintenance
Whether you’ve decided to take on your own garden upkeep or hire a professional, these tips can help demystify what your plant needs. When I create a planting plan for my clients, I make sure that there is a balance of different types of plants to create year-round...
by Julie | Nov 12, 2016 | Edibles, Homeowner Tips, Sustainability
Drum roll please because I’m about to give you the #1 gardening secret. The key technology to healthy soil is to help your soil act like a sponge. A sponge holds onto water when it’s dry and releases it when it’s too wet. Living, healthy soil mimics a sponge by...
by Julie Orr | Dec 10, 2014 | Edibles, Front Yard Ideas
If you want to grow edibles, think outside your backyard. There may be a number of reasons why your backyard might not be the most suitable place to grow edibles including: poor soil quality, not enough space, or not enough hours of sunlight needed to grow most...
by Julie Orr | Dec 10, 2014 | Edibles, Homeowner Tips
If you have recently planted vegetables in your garden and have pest problems, there is an easy, natural solution for your pest-management regime: try companion plants. Certain flowers pair well with vegetables by acting as a deterrent to pests. Also, other flowers...
by Julie Orr | Dec 10, 2014 | Edibles
If you are planning on planting a fruit tree did you know that some fruits need pollinators while others don’t? Trees that need pollinators tend to have the best harvest when a fruit tree of the same or similar variety are planted near one another. Fortunately for us,...
by Julie Orr | Jun 24, 2013 | Backyard Ideas, Edibles, Events, Homeowner Tips
I know that’s it’s silly that I am a landscape designer and I get squeamish around bees. So I took a bee keeping class to help me face my phobia and to learn something new. With the issues of colony bee collapse and the problem of Chinese FDA banned honey making its...
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