Sustainable Gardening News

Mirrors make magic in a Raleigh backyard

Here's What to do with your Leaves, including a plug for leafmold, and Lee Reich loves leafmold, too.
And October really is the best time to plant trees, shrubs and (most) perennials here in Zone 7.

Glyphosate is the Agent Orange of Our Times" declares a wildlife group, and the Renegade Gardener calls it scare tactics. Commenters not only agree with Don but own up to using Roundup themselves.
New Hort Research that Gardeners can Use.
Make Compost, not Garbage is a terrific guest rant.
So is How the Compost Turns, or Whether it Needs to Be Turned by Frank Hyman.
How Trees Die by Jeff Gillman gets a well-deserved endorsement.
Another great guest post, this one about the "Evil Hornworm".

Children's art garden in the heart of Washington, D.C. and the young women who made it happen.
Lawn Reform Coalition Launches, and gives away the American Meadow Garden book by John Greenlee.

Ew, that's ugly! But the chain-link fence around my front yard is GONE at last, and the English ivy hiding it, too. Sorry I can't show you the new fence yet, but even this is almost too much excitement for me. Not kidding.
In plant news, I brought back some yummy freebies from the garden writers "swagathon": 'Blue Chip' Buddleias, 'Kaleidescope' Abelias, ajugas (no label), dwarf crapemyrtles 'Berry Dazzle' and 'Sweetheart Dazzle', and some 'Heavenly Scent' gardenias. Plus Cowpots and a big bottle of Liquid Fence for my new deer problem (about which I'm trying not to whine too much.)