DC area folks: Come explore the Turner and Grefsheim gardens, both designed and installed by Backyard Bounty, on the Brookside Gardens tour this Saturday. Private Gardens of Montgomery County Tour Visit some of the most faulous private gardens in...
Read moreGenerally, a pergola goes over a patio, and there is a confidence that comes when you design within general rules. This one is designed to link patio to lower level woodlands with a mulched seating area beneath. I left the job site after the...
Read moreIt’s pouring overhead and not a drop of water is visible on the permeable path we installed in our back garden a couple of years ago. The path is made of 3/8″ Delaware River Rock that is ‘locked’ together with a product...
Read moreDwarf Crested Iris (Iris cristata) is a native Iris that thrives in part shade. It is a ‘streambank’ plant that tolerates drought and flooding- in fact it does a great job controlling erosion at the edge of a slope. 3rd picture is...
Read moreBelow are comments I shared at a press conference held today in a garden we designed and installed in Garrett Park to announce the launch of Montgomery County’s Green Landscaper Program: About a year and a half ago, I looked at Backyard...
Read moreThanks to a client who shared yet another study indicating that ‘harmless’ Round-up really isn’t: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/study-links-roundup-to-obesity-cancer-and-more.html
Read moreBackyard Bounty is excited to be piloting a new Green Landscaper initiative sponsored by Montgomery County. If you are free on Monday, swing by to look at one of our gardens in Garrett Park where county executive Isiah Leggett will be holding a...
Read moreThinking about the bombings in Boston and fertilizer plant explosions as I drove between projects in Bethesda and Garrett Park, the play list was all Bruce Springsteen. Easy to feel like the speaker in ‘Reason to Believe’ sometimes...
Read moreWe’ll be picking them in May- peeling first the outer shell, then the white membrane around each individual bean. Worth it? Yes. Parboil the bean with membrane for a few seconds and it will pop off. Saute the fresh favas in olive oil with...
Read moreInstead of planting liriope, try Carex laxiculmis ‘Bunny Blue’. This native sedge is evergreen, thrives in the shade, and has steel blue foilage that lights up a dark corner in the garden. Thanks to Ann English of the Montgomery...
Read moreSo far, the only 2 in the whole patch…At a client’s last week where they were all coming up, some over 2′ high, in a bed that is less than a year old. Fingers crossed, the rest aren’t gone.
Read moreCover soil with 1/2-1″ thick layer of wetted newspaper. Top with mulch. Skip weeding all summer and feed your plants at the same time. One really good reason to still get the newspaper…
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