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This is an e-mail exchange I had today with a Terra Nova client with a three year old son: Mary planted a bunch of seedlings from an organic place in…
Replacing water thirsty lawns with native grasses can help reduce dependence… ( @Shmuel Thaler ) Article reprinted from the 9/29/12 Santa Cruz Sentinel by Jason Hoppin …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. SANTA CRUZ — When…
Article reprinted from Sept. 25th 2012 edition of Good Times. Local landscaper leads anti-leaf blower task force A brief jaunt of Googling “leaf blower” invariably finds you product promotions, bureaucratic…
The story of the photos below goes like this… Good Earth Tea Company had a warehouse located on the west side of Santa Cruz for many years. Over the years…
Reprinted with permission from Owen Dell’s Sustainable Landscaping Blog, The Earthworms Lair. June 9th, 2012 by Owen My dear friend and colleague, landscape contractor Ken Foster of Terra Nova Ecological…
What is the best way to achieve a landscape garden that hums like a humming bird? By designing it from a birds eye view of course. This high level perspective…
Harvesting the abundance from the garden is one of the great joys of life. The fruits of your labor in a harvest basket. Lettuce and salad greens, greens for a…
The musician and record producer Brian Eno once said that, “Landscape gardening is a very underrated form of sculpture.” He observed that it was not just a static art form but that…
What is Chai Mulch you might ask? Here’s Ken with the best mulch you ever smelled. This is a unique mulch, from the smell to the benefits given to your…
