Posts Tagged ‘Mary Bowerman’
The Botanist Who Saved Mount Diablo: Mary Bowerman’s Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 21, 2005 On this day in 2005, my darling green-thumbed companions, we bid farewell to a true guardian of botanical treasures, the remarkable Mary Bowerman, co-author of The Flowering Plants and Ferns…
Read MoreAugust 21, 2019 Living Mulch, the Patron Saint of Olives, George Celery Taylor, Adelbert van Chamiso, Dorothy Cadberry, Mary Bowerman, August Prose, Medicinal Herbs by Rosemary Gladstar, Cardinal Flower, and Taking an August Break
How do you start adding living mulch to your garden? One of the simplest ways is just to look for the spots in your garden that are bare. Look for the open areas and start there. Look under your shrubs. Look along the edges of your beds. Instead of adding another layer of mulch, add…
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