by Steven Andrews | May 16, 2012 | Home Gardening, Professional Landscaping
If you’ve participated in a Bay Friendly Landscape Certification program in recent years, you’ve undoubtedly heard my mantra: Mulch! Mulch! Mulch! And, you’ve heard it for good reasons. Numerous scientific studies have reported on the benefits of using mulch in the...
by Steven Andrews | Apr 12, 2012 | Events, Home Gardening, Professional Landscaping
Celebrate Earth Day on Saturday April 28 at Davis Street Material Resource Recovery Complex. Discover how we recover feedstock for our compost and mulch. Take home a bag of CDFA-labeled, OMRI-listed & USCC-STA Homegrown Compost.
by Steven Andrews | Apr 12, 2012 | Home Gardening, Professional Landscaping
Plastics may have been the buzzword when Dustin Hoffman starred in The Graduate, but let’s face it: they represent a major waste management problem today. Among the things loathed most by landscape professionals and home gardeners alike are plastics. Plastics are...
by Steven Andrews | Mar 14, 2012 | Home Gardening, Professional Landscaping
A question frequently asked at Bay-Friendly Landscape Maintenance certification classes is, “How is compost supposed to smell?” While “smell” is a nebulous measure of odors that can be both bad and good, the underlying question here concerns compost quality. An...
by Steven Andrews | Feb 17, 2012 | Professional Landscaping
With our growing readership, The Scoop is also growing to include a section geared to the professional landscaper. We hope you’ll enjoy one or all articles, regardless of your gardening prowess. We welcome your feedback and suggestions for future topics. CONTACT US...
