Tag: Tree

• Front Yard Makeover — Native Plant Edition: 9 Steps to Planting a Tree

  

  Our retaining wall is up. ✅ Rain garden and river (trench) dug. ✅ Mulch applied (i.e. mess hidden). ✅ Now: Tree planting time! 🌳 The focal point for our small front yard will be our Vine Maple (Acer circinatum). I wanted a small deciduous native tree; that way we get summer shade and winter light.…

  Amy SBG

  December 13, 2022

  Design Project, Uncategorized

  FALL, Front Yard Project, Native Plants, Perennial, Tree, tree planting, Winter, Winter To-Do

• 7 Common Mistakes Planting Trees

  I have to actively work to keep my backyard from becoming a forest. So when I intentionally plant a healthy young tree and it dies or fails to thrive, I tend to take it personally. Then I try to learn from it. Here are the mistakes I have made or seen first hand.

  Amy SBG

  November 5, 2021

  Guide, Winter

  Mistakes, Perennial, Tree, tree planting, Winter