"I don’t think we’ll ever know all there is to know about gardening, and I’m just as glad there will always be some magic about it!"

Barbara Damrosch

 home’s landscaping

Updating your home’s landscaping is a great way to increase the value of your property and create outdoor spaces for relaxing and entertaining. Unique ideas here will make your garden fit for a king

Landscape design is an independent profession and a design and art tradition, practised by landscape designers, combining nature and culture. In contemporary practice, landscape design bridges the space between landscape architecture and garden design.

Scientific Name: Erethizon dorsatum
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Erethizontidae
Genus: Erethizon
Species: dorsatum

Porcupines are some of the most interesting looking rodents on the planet. This is no doubt a consequence of those 30,000 pointed quills that cover their bodies! While this mammal is found mainly in forested areas, when their homes overlap with ours they can cause quite a stir. You will most certainly want to know if you have porcupines in your yard and gardens.