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opinions

Readers voice their opinions about garden-related issues, LessLawn reports on communities that are finding alternatives to lawns, and the Editor rambles on about gardening and life.

video reviews

the natural look

prairie pioneer


manual labor

natural golf courses

garden vs. wilderness


    Clover Improves Your Lawn
Clover makes your lawn healthier, easier to maintain, and more stylish.
    Through Nature's Eyes: The look of a low-maintenance landscape
Four signs of a healthy landscape that clash with our standards of beauty...
    Golf Courses Shrink Turf
When golf courses shrink their lawns, they benefit both economically and ecologically, and so do their communities.
    Sally Wasowski Speaks for Prairies
A few stories from a natural landscaping pioneer...
    Garden Videos: Why They're Useful, Where to Find Them, and Which to Watch
Garden videos give you Spring when it's Winter, inspire you with fresh ideas, and expand your sense of what's possible in a garden.
    Permaculture: Path to a Sustainable Culture
Learn key concepts of permaculture and some ways you can transition to a more sustainable lifestyle.

    Learning to Admire Natural Landscapes
Do our minds contain two separate categories that must be kept distinct: garden and wilderness?
    My Love for Fescue Lawns
Learn more about low-maintenance alternative lawns from fescue lawn pioneer Miriam Goldberger.
    Negotiating Your Yard
If you share a home with someone else, your landscaping ideas may be "yards" apart.
    Designing Positive Outdoor Spaces
Spring comes to Southern California weeks before it reaches Minnesota; do seasonal differences in these two areas create different attitudes toward outdoor space?
    As One: Shared Labor and Simple Pleasures Feed an Enduring Love
Poet and writer Lenore Plassman writes of how shared labor feeds her family's hearts and souls as it feeds their bodies.


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