Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition – Gardening with Granulars
Let’s discuss granular fertilizers! Why even use a granular? And what are some of the ways you can use them in landscape plantings and in potted plant culture? There are
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Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition – The Summer Veg Garden
Here in the Blue Ridge in North Carolina, there are plenty of opportunities to grow vegetables. We have had “spring” since February, and gardening tasks included the planting out of
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Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition: Advances in Tree Injection Technologies
The idea of applying an injected liquid into the vascular system of trees is not new. Leonardo da Vinci was the first to investigate the method in the 15th century!
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Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition: Tree Injection and Follow-up
I have written several blogs about systemic tree injection. The “why” behind injection is to protect trees from destructive pests. The most detrimental are pests that were recently and inadvertently
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Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition: Earth Week
The first earth day was over 50 years ago. In 2010, the Canopy Project was established to reforest the earth and slow the effects of climate change. Since then, over
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Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition: Preparing for Summer
In this installment, I’d like to share the things I learned in attempts to grow on a property in which wildlife has free reign. How do you protect your garden
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Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition: Companion Planting, Part II
Last time, we discussed different beneficial insects you will want to attract to your garden to help your landscape. This time, we will go over different plants and trees you'll
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Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition: Companion Planting, part I
Four plant families (the Amaryllidaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, and Labiatae) can be the basis of companion planting. What are companion plants and why bother with them? In this blog series, we
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Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition: Planting Trees into the Landscape Garden, Part II
Happy spring! In our previous blog, we discussed two basic planting designs: the specimen tree and the hedge. There is much more to designing a landscape garden. When thinking of
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Joe’s Journal, Winter Edition: Planting Trees into the Landscape Garden, part I
In this two part series, I'll get into what kinds of trees you should consider for your landscape and garden. You may not necessarily plant trees yourself, and most likely
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