My Landscaping 5-8-2018

I have landscaped for over 10 years ranging from residential to commercial.

I have worked heavy machinery to weeding of yards.

I have worked in teams to plant thousands of mature plants, irrigation, 10 foot trees, weed barrier, mulch.

I have worked by myself, bare hands, leveling a foot of dirt, loading/unloading trucks with hundreds of pounds of rock, dirt, mulch, plants. I am effective in my time. I am educated in what stays and what goes.

I know the details in spacing, depth, light, water, nutrition.

I not only plant with power, i plant with love. I personally speak to the flowers and the worms and I tell them thank you.

My belief is not in a perfect yard but a healthy yard. I believe in native plants and a couple of weeds, I support and specialize in butterfly gardens, rain gardens, and of course gardens. I love beautiscaping but I love even more educating on topics of soil health, native plants, and yards that support eco systems vs work against them. I love bugs and weeds because they are the core of any eco system to show us the nutrition level of the soil and what is needed. In example dandelions thrive in nitrogen rich soil and helps make that nitrogen available to plants leaves. Mushrooms are symbiotic which can tell us something is dying or infected and the mushrooms have a huge role in biodegrading and breaking down materials.

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