by Nan Marshall | Oct 6, 2021 | BLOG
This yard is Andy Lukens’. He and his father Tom spent the spring planting 75 native shrubs in seven different species throughout the yard to provide a buffer to the street, provide habitat and food for birds, and to beautify the yard. Photos of and plans for...
by Nan Marshall | Sep 14, 2021 | BLOG
The prairie plants along Rock Avenue in front of the McIntosh Memorial Library in Viroqua were planted in the spring/summer of 2016. A total of 35 different species were purchased and planted by a team of volunteers. Under the direction of Gary Thompson, a planting...
by Nan Marshall | Aug 17, 2021 | BLOG
Roberta Ducharme moved back to Wisconsin in 2014, after teaching in Hawaii for four years, and was lucky to find a little house with a large, open backyard and a small front lawn. Within a month she had planted a raised bed vegetable garden. Over the next few years,...
by Tom Lukens | Jan 20, 2021 | BLOG
My bet is that many of us face the same dilemma. We may have a town lot with a largely grass yard and a few trees or shrubs. Or, we may have a larger, but similarly uninteresting, area in a more rural setting. I just happen to have both: a “new” older house in town...