Make mulch major player in your garden game plan

Every late winter and early spring, there’s a crime committed against nature. This heinous act is the annual disfiguring of the beautiful and majestic Crape Myrtles. NEWS FLASH! There is no science-based reason to whack the tops of these hardy, flowering trees. Oddly, each beheaded tree reminds me of how Morticia, of the 60s' Addams Family fame, would chop the beautiful blossoms off her rose stems and then arrange the thorny sticks in a vase. However, some people do like to

​​I just had the privilege to see and hear author and renowned entomologist Doug Tallamy lecture at the Dallas Organic Biological Conference for Landscape Professionals. ​​His first book Bringing Nature Home, and his latest release, The Living Landscape have changed my entire perspective about native plants and their invaluable role in our ecosystem. Tallamy’s extensive research on the food web and relationships between native plants and the creatures that depend on them, esp