Spring is coming and most homeowners after months of snow look forward to seeing a soft green lawn. What they see more often is a collection of unwanted weeds. Don’t blame the weeds! They’re in your lawn because you have unhealthy soil. The kicker is your soil got this way from doing things you
No Mow May provides more habitat for pollinators. Photo by Alex Basov @ Unsplash.com. Two years ago, I heard about an initiative from England, called “No Mow May.” The idea is to not mow your lawn until June 1. This will encourage flowers to bloom in our lawns, thereby supporting countless bees
As we are fully into election season, we’ve been reflecting on several examples in recent weeks and months of local government sabotaging their own efforts and those of citizens to effect ecological restoration and education. In one example, city officials gave the go-ahead to mow down an expensive, recently installed habitat