Recent Comments

• Re: How to Get Rid of Invasive Plants

  In the south the long growing season makes invasives a year around project. The common problem plants are mainly landscape plants from 50-100 years ago - English ivy, privet, eleagnus, bush honeysuckle, mondo/monkey grass, and wisteria. The unfortunate thing is that most homeowners don't know the problem, and landscapers plant them because they are cheap and hardy. We have hundreds of acres of urban park land that is clogged with these plants competing with and dominating the native wildflowers and shrubs. The one positive note is the local zoo - Zoo Atlanta - has found giraffes love to eat cut privet plants, so we have teams of people cutting privet for pickup; and delivery to the zoo.

  Posted: 10:53 am on October 9th 2021

• Re: Evaluate your vegetable garden plans

  It's been a few years, but in the Atlanta area I had good success planting a couple of small peach trees with a ground cover of strawberries. This design was quick to produce a huge harvest - and fresh fruit is always popular. The challenge after a few years was the strawberries needed to be replanted, and the harvest of peaches was more than I could handle.

  Posted: 01:22 pm on February 17th 2024

• Re: Episode 150: Design Rules of Thumb with Stacie Crooks

  I agree. It was a cringeworthy moment on a program that was otherwise excellent. In addition, her rationalization that she could select plants from any Mediterranean habitat and be confident that they would work in her area indicated a lack of sensitivity to the relationship between native plants and native wildlife.

  Posted: 09:58 am on January 9th 2024