A Better Garden Tiller
I like the versatility of my BCS two-wheel tractor with all the different implements it can operate, but if I were shopping for a dedicated garden tiller, I would certainly [...]
I like the versatility of my BCS two-wheel tractor with all the different implements it can operate, but if I were shopping for a dedicated garden tiller, I would certainly [...]
The most useful, and versatile, gardening tool I own is my two-wheel BCS tractor. This Italian-made tractor was designed for small farms in hilly areas areas where riding on a [...]
Even in New England the snow is melting and soon I will be confronted with what the winter – and the plow truck – have done to my stone walls. [...]
As I contemplate the task of plowing the driveway, I find it hard to see anything appealing in last night’s snowfall. It seemed to me that we already had plenty [...]
Garden wildlife reminds me of teenagers – the critters eat distressingly huge meals then typically leave without communicating about what they have been up to. Except in wintertime, when they [...]
That’s what the Massachusetts state forester told me – the emerald ash borer is on the loose in southern Berkshire County where my wife and I have our 130-acre woodlot [...]
What is cutting edge in the field of sustainable lawns? Much of it is forgotten lore from the late 19th/early 20th century, I have been discovering. I came upon this [...]
I’ve been thinking about a symposium (“The Changing Nature of Nature in Cities”) I attended at the New York Botanical Garden in November. The topic of the symposium was “novel [...]
Enhancing biodiversity is fundamental to transforming lawns from the polluted green deserts that they now are into the sustainable, environmentally constructive landscape features we desire. For that reason, in my [...]
Biodiverse Lawn Guest Post by Tom Christopher (before he became a regular) Like other members of the Lawn Reform Coalition, I believe that the contemporary model of lawn [...]