Most to all native plants have edible or medicinal uses. After all, before the original immigrants arrived in North America there were no grocery stores or pharmacies -- just the great outdoors and nature’s bounty. There is a wealth of information available on the medicinal and herbal uses of … [Read more...]
Species Spotlight: Common Alder- An Ecosystem at Work
A Nitrogen Fixing Pioneer Species If you are looking for a shining example of the intricate relationships between all the elements of an ecosystem, Alnus serrulata (Smooth or Common Alder) is it! This nitrogen-fixing shrub can help an area recover from flooding, logging, mining or almost any … [Read more...]
Make A Pollinator Patch Today! It’s as Easy as 1,2,3.
Really? Only 3 Steps? Yep! 1. Find 10 square feet in your landscape – either in your lawn or in an existing garden bed. 2.Remove the grass, weeds or other vegetation in that 10 square feet. 3.Plant 10 native plants in the space! What is pollination? Pollination is the process of … [Read more...]
