To help the environment, we need to think differently about our gardens. Looking at the environmental news, it’s easy to get distressed at the loss of habitat, decline in pollinators, invasive species, and watershed degradation. But...
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What to do when a (very) poorly-timed home renovation means that you simultaneously have no kitchen and are late starting the spring veggie garden? Step 1. Pull up last year’s kale that over-wintered in your garden to make room for the new...
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Building your own barn swallow shelf is good for the birds and bad for mosquitoes. Weaving habitat and home…for the birds! Photo credit: celebrateurbanbirds.org Think of the birds. They’ve suffered from loss of habitat and diminished...
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Eager to plant a tomato? Buy a mother’s day shrub? With so many of us using time in our garden to help us get through this crisis and reconnect with nature, your favorite place for plants might be running low on inventory. Combined...
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Taking a break from happy thoughts of gardens and flowers, Backyard Bounty is doing what we can so that our team and clients can remain safe. Our crews are following these guidelines: Social-distancing; we are lucky that we work outside...
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My Italian-American family loves to talk food. So after I ate at Chez Panisse for the first time in 1990, the first thing I did was call my father. I started to rave about the main course – the best poultry I’d ever eaten. “What was...
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Officer Andy A few days into my new bike commute 13th street, I started noticing there was every morning a DC police cruiser with its lights flashing in the same spot next to the Fort Stevens Community Garden. The next day, I saw that there were...
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We were glad to be featured in this article about the design process in Total Landscape Care this month. Happy Vectorworks customer!
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Indoor & Outdoor Entertaining: Making Your Spaces Function & Flow Tuesday, May 15 | 7-8:30pm Petworth Library (4200 Kansas Avenue NW) | Lower Level Meeting Room We’re really looking forward to presenting with Amber Harris of At Home...
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“I wonder if the sap is stirring yet, If wintry birds are dreaming of a mate, If frozen snowdrops feel as yet the sun And crocus fires are kindling one by one: Sing robin, sing: I still am sore in doubt concerning Spring.” – ...
Read moreThere have recently been increasing outbreaks in our area of a particularly pernicious weed, Lesser Celandine. If you’ve visited Rock Creek Park, Northwest Branch, Sligo Creek or other urban stream areas in the last few weeks, you’ve...
Read moreIn this article for the Potomac Conservancy, Backyard Bounty helps local homeowners find solutions for their gardens and clean water
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