Lazy Gardening

By the time honeybees get their lazy striped butts out of the hive and start their daily commute to my garden, squash bees have been at work...

A meadow is grass with wildflowers ...and I have it!  At least in parts of the lawn, if you squint just right, I have fluffy clumps of grass...

Sound protection while you are using power tools is important.  The whine of a power saw or the roar of a chipper-shredder can permanently d...

Many people think the paper wasps and mud daubers are a dangerous garden pest that needs to be controlled.  In my view, they are excellent ...

Enough of construction and problem solving!  I have flowers to brag about ... Russian sage, hollyhocks, penstemons and g aillardia blooming ...

A common question on gardening forums is " How do I attract ladybugs? ".  It's easy. All you have to do is attract aphids. H...

This turned into an accidental demonstration of what micro-micro-climates are.  A micro-micro is a nano ... so maybe I'm showing nano-c...

Just a quick update on establishing the buffalo and blue grama lawn. It looked like this in early February, right after I spread the jute me...

There are lists of what could/should and should not be tossed into a compost pile. I disregard most of them, because they make no biological...

Herbicides are chemicals used to control unwanted plants. All conventional or "organic" herbicides work by somehow interfering w...