Trees are an important asset to our environment; providing shade, oxygen, habitat, erosion control and so much more. Why wouldn’t we try to fit them into our urban ecosystem? The urban life presents a myriad of challenges in planting the right tree in the right place: exposure, soil type, eventual height and width, and obstacles, just to name a few. …
Once you have all the planning complete, it is time to get your (aka your children’s) hands dirty. There are four major ways to get rid of the existing turf. Let’s start with the most labor intensive and the one that will occupy your children the longest (beware, the amount of work involved initially may be inversely proportional to the …
So…you are tired of those high grocery bills and want to dig up some of that beautiful green turf and try your hand at becoming a backyard farmer. No doubt you also have rosy images of your children helping to tend the garden and harvest the bounty you have produced; in the process instilling a deep connection with nature and …
