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Cutting back ornamental grass
The one thing that is fairly common in all our landscapes, both traditional and contemporary, is our reliance on ornamental grasses. Most...
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sweetbayinc
- Mar 14, 2015
- 1 min
Fireplace ash in the garden
Luchi and I go through a couple of cords of hardwood every winter. That produces about 60LBS of ash per season. Instead of carting it...
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sweetbayinc
- Mar 3, 2015
- 1 min
OK with the snow (at least for a little while longer)
The late fall is always a busy time of year for us. In November and December of 2014 we planted close to 10,000 plants, most of them...
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sweetbayinc
- Mar 8, 2014
- 1 min
Witch Hazel
Can Spring be far behind? Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) is in full bloom in the North East over the next couple of weeks. A...
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sweetbayinc
- Mar 7, 2014
- 1 min
Deer
A full grown deer needs to consume about 10 LBS. of leaves, shoots, flowers and twigs to get through the day. They often travel in groups...
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sweetbayinc
- Feb 24, 2014
- 1 min
A quick note on HARDINESS
The unusually cold weather we have been having in the north eastern United States has got us wondering about hardiness. Sweetbay has a...
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sweetbayinc
- Feb 8, 2014
- 1 min
Books we use a lot
Like everybody else in this business Sweetbay has an extensive library of design books. I tend to take them off the shelf whenever I feel...
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