Welcome to the first episode in the series to meet the Team at Beautiful Wildlife Garden. You may recall that Beautiful Wildlife Garden came about after a discussion between Helen Yoest and I about how nice it would be if we could start a conversation that redefined beautiful. We hoped to help people begin to [...]
How to Save Energy in Your Landscape
Welcome to Part 2 of my interview with Sue Reed, author of Energy-Wise Landscape Design. Make sure not to miss Part 1, Energy-Wise Landscaping where we learn how to arrange our landscapes to keep our homes warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Sue will teach us how to save energy in the [...]
Energy-Wise Landscaping
Saving energy in our landscapes seems especially important right now in light of how the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is impacting the livelihood of the people who live there and the wildlife who are dependent on the salt marsh ecosystem. Sue Reed is the author of the ground-breaking new book, Energy-Wise Landscape [...]
The Accidental Organic Gardener
Welcome to Part 3 of my interview with Chris McLaughlin, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting. In Part 1, Composting and Healthy Soil, Chris discussed why composting is the ultimate green action, because we are creating more earth, saving water, reducing the waste that goes to landfills, and reducing our use of fossil fuel. Part [...]
How to Start a Compost Pile
Does composting really have to be as complicated as some make it out to be? Absolutely not, says Chris McLaughlin, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting. It’s not about measuring and temperature taking, math or science. It’s about taking waste products from your property and creating more earth. Listen now to Part Two [...]
Compost and Healthy Soil
Wildlife gardeners can create healthy soil, decrease the amount of waste going to landfills, lessen our dependence on fossil fuels, and create welcoming habitats for wildlife in the soil by learning how to compost. Chris McLaughlin joined me in an interview about all things compost. Chris is the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to [...]
Bringing Nature Home to Your Ecosystem Garden
Doug Tallamy is one of my heroes of Ecosystem Gardening, due in large part to his groundbreaking book, Bringing Nature Home. This book should be read by every homeowner or land manager with an interest in supporting wildlife on your property. He makes an incredible argument as to why native plants play such a crucial [...]
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