Lawn & grass

Another huge flowerbed! Or why to rip out more of your lawn

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Steve

You may have seen our post from last year about our huge flowerbed across half of the front yard. This year, we decided to complete the landscape by mirroring that addition across the central walkway to the other side of the yard. As I sit here on July 5th, I can say it’s been a […]

In praise of human-powered lawn tools

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Steve

I have the good fortune of working at home most days, and it’s great. But one downside is that many of my neighbors are fairly well-off retirees who hire professional gardeners to care for their lawns, and the noise is distracting! Mowers, weedeaters, lawn edgers, and leaf blowers — they all seem to use gasoline-powered […]