Yearly Archives: 2015

Create a "wall" to a room with tall wheat instead of ornamental grass. — With last week’s post on wheat, you may be wondering what you can do with ornamental grasses and wheat to enhance your landscape. Grasses attracts a wide variety of birds and other wildlife, create a great canvas you can enjoy yard art on, and can be used as a very pretty […]

8 Uses for Ornamental Grasses (and Wheat) in Your Landscaping

This entry was posted in Inspiration Landscaping and tagged grasses Wheat on 2.March.2015 by Grace Conyers

Bending-wheatSCALED — Wheat is a gorgeous crop plant that can be just as decorative as it is edible. Green wheat can take the place of the taller grasses in landscaping that turns to a beautiful golden hue before harvest (timing. of which, depends on the species). There are many varieties of wheats, […]

Grow Your Own Wheat

This entry was posted in Inspiration Landscaping and tagged Edible landscapes Wheat on 23.February.2015 by Grace Conyers

Pests in the White House — We dream of salsa, relaxing shade, and beautifully scented flowers, not a plot full of pest control. However, come summer time when the mosquitoes are gnats are flying around your head and mosquitoes have found that you are a suitable snack, you’ll wish you did plant at least something you can […]

Plan for your own DIY pest control.

This entry was posted in Inspiration and tagged pest control on 16.February.2015 by Grace Conyers

La Haye-de-Routot, France --- Saint Anne Chapel lies within the hollow trunk of one of two 1,000-1,300 year old Yew trees in the cemetery at La Haye-de-Routot village in the Brotonne Regional Park in Normandy, France. --- Image by © Chris Hellier/CORBIS — Yews are interesting evergreens for they come in all shapes and sizes, depending on the subspecies, and can tolerate a wide range of sunlight and soil conditions. The shrubs can be sculpted and formalised, while the tree forms can grow for millennium creating twisted, ancient and mysterious shapes. With this […]

All about Yews

This entry was posted in Evergreens Plants and tagged evergreen hardy poisonous shade lovers Yews zone 4 on 9.February.2015 by Grace Conyers

Path Walker

This entry was posted in Inspiration on 6.February.2015 by Grace Conyers

Green Wheat — In Des Moines, Iowa there is trouble brewing for agricultural farmers of all sizes. The claim? That water run-off from farms — even family sized farms — with drainage tiling cause water pollution. But, as most of life issues go, this one is not as simple as you’d think. Drainage […]

How does the Des Moines Water Lawsuit affect you?

This entry was posted in Laws and Regulations and tagged Drainage Water pollution on 26.January.2015 by Grace Conyers

Decorator uses Hens and chicks are a versatile succulent that can be used on its own or with other succulents to create a beautiful arrangement that’s easy to care for. They can be used as party favours, centerpieces, wall hangings, fillers for containers, and more. With all the versatility of […]