By Barbara Kessler
After nine years, Mary Bakatsa’s garden is bearing fruit…and vegetables…and flowers…and herbs. It is a chorus of life, and supports more activity than even Mary imagined when she started gardening nearly 20 years ago with a few potted herbs.
Along with her flowers and veggies, which grow side by side, she has [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Xeriscape & Water'
Companion Gardening: A Visual And Edible Bounty
April 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Green Enthusiasts/Researchers · Organics · Trees/Plants/Yard · Xeriscape & Water
Here’s How Her Garden Grows
April 16th, 2008 · No Comments
By Barbara Kessler
Mary Bakatsa is “organic all the way” in her sprawling Austin garden. But that doesn’t mean she simply avoids pesticides and blithely sits back to watch. Organic gardening is more proactive and veteran gardener Bakatsa runs dozens of schemes to nudge nature in the right direction. She places certain plants near others [...]
Tags: Green Enthusiasts/Researchers · Organics · Xeriscape & Water
Keep Off The Greedy Grass, Go Native
March 28th, 2008 · No Comments
By Shermakaye Bass
Ah, the smell of freshly mown grass. It’s the smell of childhood, of school vacations and picnics and lying in the backyard, finding faces in clouds. No one will deny that plush turf is a big part of modern Americana. But the imported, “exotic” grasses of our childhoods, nostalgic and fragrant as they [...]
Tags: Green Enthusiasts/Researchers · Greener Businesses · Organics · Trees/Plants/Yard · Xeriscape & Water
Learn Your Native Grass Species
March 28th, 2008 · No Comments
By Shermakaye Bass
To sort out which grasses to use and where, we consulted native grass expert Bill Neiman, head of operations and farming for Native American Seed in Junction, Texas. For much of the United States, he recommends “Native Sun Turfgrass,” a blend of 34 percent Blue Grama and 66 percent Buffalo grass created [...]
Tags: Green Enthusiasts/Researchers · Organics · Trees/Plants/Yard · Xeriscape & Water
Xeriscaping: The Path to Water Independence
April 19th, 2007 · No Comments
By Barbara Kessler
There’s been a lot of talk lately about energy independence. Important, no doubt. But we need to think about preserving water too, and nothing works harder toward this goal - or offers as much creative satisfaction - as Xeriscaping.
Planting drought-resistant and native plants that survive on natural rainfall is a familiar concept in [...]
Tags: Energy/Water · Organics · Xeriscape & Water
