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PSA. Re: Volcano mulching. It is important to not pile mulch against the bark or the trunk of the tree. You can kill a tree by this style of mulching. It is best to create a slight swale around the tree, allowing water to collect and permeate to the roots. You can see in this picture that this tree is under stress.

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It may be difficult to see from this photograph - but believe me - when I was digging into the soil I could see how depleted it was. How did it get that way? The landowners had put landscape fabric over the top of their gardens. Landscape fabric disallows important nutrients, water and microorganisms to move through the soil. Creating a healthy aerated nutritious soil substrate requires oxygen, water, organic compost in the form of leaves or other, all which provides a beneficial home for earthworms and other organisms in the soil.

Fall clean ups in process 🎉

This dianthus is struggling due to excess watering. Just a note that it's important to have loosely draining soils for plants such as dianthus which love lots of sun and moist, but not soggy, roots!

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Don't ever spray dandelions!

Normally when we are planning and designing our gardens we're thinking of tidiness and orderliness. But in this post I'm going to talk about leaving stumps and fallen trees! They provide a great resource for an eclectic mix of insects, fungi, lichen and great homes for rabbits another small animals. You don't have to have these items in the middle of your garden if you prefer they can be leaning towards the back or the sides of your yard. The natural decomposition and compost that results, will benefit your entire Garden. Also you may be surprised to know that some pollinator species place eggs underneath bark for protection. Watching and learning from nature can create fabulous results!

Impatiens capensis, not only a great wildfllower but it relieves mosquito bites Kellie is getting bit by mosquitos so naturally we need to go get the relief..................in the garden

Zinnias are an important late-season nectar source for many butterflies — especially Monarchs on their migration journey. To help provide plenty of nectar for pollinators in the fall garden, plant Zinnias with these late-blooming perennials:

Aster (grow from seeds or plants),
Echineacea or Coneflower (grow from seeds or plants),
Black Eyed Susan (grow from seeds or plants), and
Sedum.

https://www.americanmeadows.com/blog/2017/08/14/planting-zinnias-for-butterflies