Tag Archives: low maintenance

How to: Raingardens, and vegetables under the downpipe

A raingarden is a (usually small) planter or mini-garden watered only by rain when it falls. They’re a lovely way of creating a garden feature, should you have the right kind of climate for them. The right kind of climate … Continue reading

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The Fly In Your Eye

Between sick children and missing daycare and various things, I’m not getting many posts finished this week. Which means I’ll have heaps of backlog next week when I get to sit down to them all 🙂 But for now, can … Continue reading

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Weedscaping

I thought I’d better bring this up and explain it up front, because I’m going to refer to weedscaping a lot when talking about my own projects. Weedscaping is, simply, using weeds to your advantage and encouraging weeds that are … Continue reading

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