gentle gardener: green

Tree Folks - Top Ten - 09: Trees increase your property value

 ..."benefit-cost analysis for Modesto's 90,000 street/park trees found $1.89 returned annually for every $1 invested in stewardship."

via www.treefolks.org

GOT TREE$?

YouTube - ‪wildflowercenter's Channel‬‎

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more agri-tainment, or agri-adventure: prescribed burn to prep for wildflower meadow. in august outside austin, tx, no less.

That's Agri-tainment! Got a problem with noxious plants? Get goats | Richmond Times-Dispatch

SPROUSES CORNER

via www2.timesdispatch.com

Perfect for slopes, stone outcroppings covered with bittersweet, grapevine, honeysuckle, poison ivy and bull brier. not to mention kudzu, ailanthus and sumac. No compaction of the soil, no loud machinery. #in

the #CRAFT of Farming, Wed., Apr 14: Chesapeake Farmer Training Program - Piedmont Environmental Council - pecva.org

The Local Food Project at Airlie, working together with the Accokeek Foundation & a thriving network of local farms and farmers, is excited to launch the 2010 Chesapeake CRAFT program, for farmers/interns/apprentices & others wishing to advance their practical understanding of diverse approaches to ecological small farming in and around the DC Metro Area.

via www.pecva.org

No Farms, No Food

Garden Coaches in the News - So THAT's what I've been doing all along!

Coach#?  Landscape# designer?  Gardener#?  Permaculturalist#?  Farmer?  In a word, a person who can help YOU solve problems,  arrange 'rooms', and grow plants sustainably:  that is, within a defined scope and budget. We also know how to catch roof rainwater for irrigating,  create microclimates to extend growing/outdoor living seasons, amend soils organically for long-term health of your plants.....we know how to make all the work SUSTAINABLE.

You'll hear more and more about garden coaches.  I've been using the term for 15 years to describe a design process of co-creation between YOU, your designer/coach, and Nature as revealed in your garden.

You may not have felt comfortable hiring a De-zine-ah, dahling, but working outside with the right personal garden Coach# should feel as comfortable to you as your favorite gardening gloves.  If you don't have any, that's ok, too; a coach can help you select the right tools. 

Call your coach now, because with this crazy weather, when it breaks loose, it will be BUSY! Hard to remember that Spring-complete with central Virginia's famous 90 degree days in March- REALLY IS almost HERE!