The Charlottesville Farmers Market opened a few weeks ago and that’s when the summer gardening bug always starts to take hold of me. Not only is there all that fresh produce that I know I could be growing myself, there…
Every once in a while I tackle pruning and shaping jobs for clients. For example we were doing a planting job the other day and a tree needed limbed up. I knew the look I wanted so I went ahead…
Full disclosure: I blog for WORX, so for one of my posts they sent me an Aerocart for free. When I got the offer to blog for WORX, I checked out their product lineup. Having used pro grade equipment for…
I grew up with a dad who was very handy and not afraid to try new projects around the house. If you could hold a Time Life home improvement book open with a brick while trying something, dad was all…
I’m a lazy gardener. With the hours I work (for which I’m grateful, of course) it’s hard to find time to putter around the yard for hours. I recognize that many of my clients are in the same boat, but…
If I’m being honest and open with you I should admit that I have opinions. Strong ones. And the longer I do this landscape designer thing the more I notice things that are really just awful. Here are some heinous…