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Groundcover Wednesdays: Golden Creeper

Week 4: Golden Creeper Among the fair criticisms of our national organization is that much of our information is geared for the northern part of the country. As the SafeLawns founder, I have traveled North America extensively, from the Florida Keys, to the Hawaiian Islands and most of the provinces of Canada. But as someone [...]

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Florida Couple Leads by the Example of No Lawn

In Florida, where fresh water shortages are chronic, one couple sets an example for others to follow. Now I’m not anti-lawn, mind you. With children around, I consider lawns a necessity for playing ball, croquet or any number of games. But the principles in this article are sound: http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2751

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Groundcover Wednesdays: Stonecrop ‘Goldmoss’ Sedum

Week Two: Stonecrop Goldmoss Sedum I remember becoming fascinated with this plant when I visited the grave site of President Kennedy in Arlington, Va., a few years ago. Just before the plant went into bloom, the foliage had a warm, rugged appearance cozied in between the granite stones quarried on Cape Cod. Later that year, when I [...]

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Groundcover Wednesday: Lemon Thyme

With the onset of summer and in honor of beginning our second year of the blog, we’re adding a new feature beginning today: Groundcover Wednesdays. Offered up under the premise that properties shouldn’t be designed with turfgrass alone, these weekly posts will focus on some of the best grass replacement plants, or plants for those [...]

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Mow vs. Grow? Edible Flowers are the Clear Winner

I mowed my lawn last night. After a long day that included dropping the children off at daycare, registering the car, driving said car 350 miles and then dashing back to the office to answer a few dozen emails, I came home and took out the mower. I like the machine well enough, mind you. [...]

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Looking for a Grass Alternative? Try a Peanut Lawn

Still in Florida with my family, I can admit to my blog followers that my mind never completely shuts off from this lawn crusade. When I took my 8-month-old daughter for a walk yesterday in an old neighborhood in St. Petersburg, I was fascinated by a lawn with bright orange-yellow blooms. The homeowner, perched out [...]

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Rethinking the Lawn? In California, Yes

As I sit here in the midst of my father’s Florida golf course community, with identical cookie-cutter lawns and eutrified ponds as far as the eye can see, an evaluation of landscape priorities can be fairly depressing. Dad lives is one of those many, many developed communities where the local bylaws state what kinds of [...]

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Edible Landscaping

I’m headed off on the road all day today, so I only have time for a quick comment. Here in the Northeast it’s been raining non-stop and many folks are really, really late getting their gardens started. Don’t panic! You might have to plant a few things in seedling form that you usually grow from [...]

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