Hoosierhillsinc - Landscape Designer

There are many different ways to build a raised bed. Here’s a few photos to jog your imagination about the possiblities. This from an ecological landscaping perspective, as you might have guessed. 1.) Urbanite = reused concrete, 2.) Recycled blocks and rocks, 3.) A wine barrel. 4.) Salvaged wood. 5.) Field stone. 6.) Old tires. […]

Dwarf fruit trees have become a popular addition to the modern landscape. In a Morning Call blog post, Fruit Trees for the Backyard, Karen offers the Morning Call reader some suggestions about the types of fruit trees to plant in their Palmer Township front yard, but planting of dwarf fruit trees is not one […]

Mushroom Soil
Originally uploaded by Emperor Anton.

Mushroom soil is great to add to the garden. I like to add it at the beginning of the year. All the local Mennonite farmers spread it on their fields. There is an old Mennonite farmer in Kutztown that sells it by the truckload or bucket as you […]

Interested in what Terra Nova does? Please join us for our spring garden party!
Saturday May 26th
10:00AM to 2:00PM
You can see our productive garden that includes:
Worm bins, a rain water catchment cistern, a gray water system, a bee hive,
our beautiful chickens (the herb girls), an herb spiral, fruit trees,
perennial and annual vegetables, native plants […]

FYI:The grass seed ratios as well as other ingredients of Patch Perfect grass seed are listed below as read from the label on the back of my bag of Patch Perfect.

Evening Shade Perennial Ryegrass 12.33%

FA-155 Tall fescue 12.21%

Baron Kentucky Bluegrass 1.41%

Boreal Fine Fescue 1.39%

Other crop seed .87%
Weed seed 0%

Inert Matter 71.79%

Which is 42.87% Terra-Mulch® and […]

Artwork by Suzy Norris
Some people have spirit animals, I have a spirit plant and that is Mullein. I enjoy its proud nature and soft grey green leaves. The leaves make an enjoyable tobacco substitute for smoking, the flowers make a good tea for insomnia and the seeds add a nutty flavor to corn bread.
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