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Edible Landscaping

By RAT / 04/03/2019 / Comments Off on Edible Landscaping

Blueberries, my edible ornamental darlings. “One berry two berry, pick me a…. blueberry!” Do you remember “Jamberry“, the classic children’s book by Bruce Degen? My kids loved the cheerful illustrations and rhythmic language in that book. When we were planting blueberries this fall for a client on Black Lake, Bruce Degen’s language kept going through…

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“Look at me”: I’m the color orange in your garden!

By RAT / 04/03/2019 / Comments Off on “Look at me”: I’m the color orange in your garden!

Since it is the ultimate “look at me” color, people are often afraid of the color orange just as I’m afraid to show off too much cleavage. (At least I might be if I had cleavage.) The color of construction cones, sports team jerseys and fast food restaurants, orange is often maligned as too stimulating,…

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