https://www.wildedgeslandscaping.com/wel-notes daily 0.75 2026-09-11 https://www.wildedgeslandscaping.com/wel-notes/spring-bulbs-a-gift-for-your-future-self monthly 0.5 2026-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787705538157-RMUTJQS96R7UO9IK0TBU/IMG_6015.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Sharp-lobed Hepatica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787705538138-AY4DLYYDPKK64OJOJW18/IMG_6004.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Bloodroot & Spring Beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787756721704-CXCJEDDBFJZ8XTBTU2SY/IMG_0422.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Squirrel Corn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787705539757-ZI4G85CCG2Y4AXBELTZT/IMG_6302.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Trout Lily w/ Firefly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787705539669-TKHGBE6KD0TEVSFRL82P/IMG_6208.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Jacob's Ladder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787752287201-4I7MHPQUMJ8NOJSRDB0G/IMG_1844.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - False Rue Anemone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787752411228-9MJYPRTEB64YSMWBUJ9S/IMG_2010.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Virginia Bluebells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787705541148-5KQB7E1QEX00MXXF6YO9/IMG_8813.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Woodland Phlox & Dwarf Larkspur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787756723067-XHKUE0RILFPSCACW7BQS/IMG_6835.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - White Trillium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787756721778-KJLHA94X750FMXO5X75C/IMG_0464.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Wild Geranium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787752132365-5R65NX5PPOE0TSMV7TLR/IMG_3807.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Shooting Star https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/0a650c9b-b0e0-4150-b315-ebe72c4253d1/IMG_3771.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Wild Hyacinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787705556628-K6FOB4FK26GAC7C5VQN2/IMG_1787.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Stinzen plantings Rock garden irises, Chionodoxa and Siberian squill in a loose Stinze planting in the author’s yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/2c55aadc-2537-4282-a562-5a0d31a49509/IMG_5934.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Rock garden iris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787705557669-2LIO4HHI3IN1FIEFH0E1/IMG_3636.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Species tulip Tulipa dasystemon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787705556568-1VWLVE9MURY9E72TD4FW/IMG_0372.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Species tulips Tulipa clusiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787755690923-DDL7CAV3NZBMGYPGEAY4/IMG_3886.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Alliums Alliums come in all shapes, sizes and heights. They bloom later in the spring and make nice exclamation points in the garden. They also protect earlier blooming bulbs like Crocus and Tulips from being dug up by squirrels when planted in the same hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787755720314-71QXMHD9RSC5GP8X24QN/IMG_3690.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Species tulips Tulipa batalinii ‘Bright Gem’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787755724257-HBPUTC5RUIR1QPWLPNXB/IMG_3635.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Species tulips & common violets Tulipa hulmilis ‘Eastern Star’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1787755885227-JL075GAVIDBDGMGRPLZT/IMG_6163.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Bulbs: A Gift for Your Future Self - Daffodils When using larger Nircissus bulbs like these, be prepared to cut back the foliage in late spring and divide the bulbs. Smaller species daffodils share garden space better for lower maintenance. https://www.wildedgeslandscaping.com/wel-notes/mosquito-fogging-an-effective-way-to-kill-butterflies-lightning-bugs-and-other-pollinators-in-your-yard monthly 0.5 2026-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/ffbd8af6-f9b1-46c8-a474-dcedd77c1990/IMG_9911.jpeg WEL Notes - Mosquito Fogging: An Effective Way to Kill Butterflies, Lightning Bugs, and Other Pollinators in Your Yard - Make it stand out An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on a zinnia flower, they are vulnerable to mosquito fogging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/6fad4782-a079-469d-ad8c-e65e0c0fb188/02-2-1.png WEL Notes - Mosquito Fogging: An Effective Way to Kill Butterflies, Lightning Bugs, and Other Pollinators in Your Yard - Make it stand out My son helping me build our mosquito bucket of doom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/ef755a57-0a25-4b2f-8c04-c4b71121b5bc/IMG_0156.jpeg WEL Notes - Mosquito Fogging: An Effective Way to Kill Butterflies, Lightning Bugs, and Other Pollinators in Your Yard - Make it stand out A dragonflies have a voracious appetite for mosquitoes, snatching them from the air. https://www.wildedgeslandscaping.com/wel-notes/spring-garden-cleanup-for-supporting-wildlife monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1e149f31-5a80-4d5c-bfd5-ea1925b5e9d2/IMG_3422.jpeg WEL Notes - Spring Garden Cleanup for Supporting Wildlife - Make it stand out Last year’s stems (and stems from two years ago) remain standing in the garden to provide shelter for this year’s stem nesting insects to use and for last year’s to emerge. Garden growth will soon hide all of it. https://www.wildedgeslandscaping.com/wel-notes/what-is-biodiversity-and-why-should-we-care-about-it monthly 0.5 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/385a42aa-3172-4ac9-8275-29b294798e1c/_DSC4170.jpeg WEL Notes - What is biodiversity and why should we care about it? - Make it stand out A bumble bee alights from heart leaved aster flowers in a garden, a caterpillar hangs from a stem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/7adb537c-71b7-45be-93d7-6090a9f8e050/IMG_0144.jpeg WEL Notes - What is biodiversity and why should we care about it? - Make it stand out Ants visit calico aster blooms for nectar and pollen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/69b957ec-a075-4112-9d66-750d81c965a7/IMG_9702.jpeg WEL Notes - What is biodiversity and why should we care about it? - Make it stand out A silvery checkerspot butterfly visits a black-eyed Susan, a plant they use a host when caterpillars. https://www.wildedgeslandscaping.com/wel-notes/skip-the-clean-up-this-fall monthly 0.5 2026-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/fc775fd6-4cc1-4a13-bd8f-1cdfbd38d038/IMG_4567.png WEL Notes - Skip (or Skimp) Your Fall Clean-Up This Year - Make it stand out Leaves should be celebrated for the life building qualities! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/aae77623-0edd-41be-a7fe-a818bfd489c1/IMG_8945.jpg WEL Notes - Skip (or Skimp) Your Fall Clean-Up This Year - Make it stand out Firefly larvae found in the leaf mulch in the garden bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/fd8a0aa2-bf47-4267-8fd9-5d6d6a8c9021/KVance-IMG_5932.jpg WEL Notes - Skip (or Skimp) Your Fall Clean-Up This Year - Make it stand out Rattlesnake master, a native wildflower, emerging from leaf mulch in a garden bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/7ec83e00-5f8c-43f0-8cc4-6e4431864a9e/Screenshot+2025-10-20+at+1.21.51%E2%80%AFPM.png WEL Notes - Skip (or Skimp) Your Fall Clean-Up This Year - Make it stand out A mason bee entering a stem hole. The stem was left to stand the previous year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/73d149f4-65c0-4940-ad85-7f47d9efbedc/KVance-IMG_8622.jpg WEL Notes - Skip (or Skimp) Your Fall Clean-Up This Year - Make it stand out Moth pupae found at the soil level, just below the leaf litter. https://www.wildedgeslandscaping.com/wel-notes/late-summer-weeds monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/085e77bf-37d8-492d-bd41-819a57a1c3e2/DEE43AC5-6754-4D37-A1A7-AE0E589BFFCB+2.jpeg WEL Notes - Late Summer Weeds - Make it stand out Japanese Stiltgrass. An aggressive, introduced annual grass found in moist, shady areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1756232742684-5MMU7F2JOI7M2TIGYWG5/IMG_1988.jpeg WEL Notes - Late Summer Weeds - Goosegrass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1756232744595-6BNTSFNQFMFBTFMU5PQ9/IMG_1992.jpeg WEL Notes - Late Summer Weeds - Yellow Foxtail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1756233686880-BDO1MR2NQO8T5B6SE9GN/IMG_2041.jpeg WEL Notes - Late Summer Weeds - Spurgeweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1756234994912-3CNW03F5GAQLOJ8QLIBS/D29FFB52-0455-498E-A07B-EF159715366A.JPEG WEL Notes - Late Summer Weeds - Prostrate Knotweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1756234077063-EIJDPE27VKKSED1VEFQO/IMG_2042.jpeg WEL Notes - Late Summer Weeds - Burnweed Burnweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1756234075162-UOT3AG79PHE3TEWTADN4/IMG_2040.jpeg WEL Notes - Late Summer Weeds - Pokeweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1756234647932-8ZZM7WZSNQY4Z6YF7REF/IMG_1989.jpeg WEL Notes - Late Summer Weeds - Horseweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/d0cb282b-0ca0-497e-8e8e-b81a7b159567/IMG_2005.jpg WEL Notes - Late Summer Weeds - Make it stand out A Monarch caterpillar eating a milkweed leaf. https://www.wildedgeslandscaping.com/wel-notes/best-watering-practices-for-a-healthy-garden monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/40491566-1d09-4d57-917a-86dc1decf5de/IMG_1079.jpeg WEL Notes - Best Watering Practices for a Healthy Garden - Make it stand out For this garden, the soil was moist right below the mulch. Watering is not necessary. Replace the mulch, get yourself a cold beverage and some shade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/6e866d6d-4b0e-4483-98a4-c4a3d5e49d08/IMG_1081.jpeg WEL Notes - Best Watering Practices for a Healthy Garden - Make it stand out For this garden, the surface soil was dry, but after digging about 1 inch below the surface, there was moisture. This is right where the roots of the plants are, they have all the moisture they need, no need to water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1756311781324-KKWS4QA6K7MBVI6CC0K4/IMG_2053.jpeg WEL Notes - Best Watering Practices for a Healthy Garden - Soil is dry below mulch, time to dig... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/1756311784280-HHIVCT9SKAI4FTI9R9FF/IMG_2054.jpeg WEL Notes - Best Watering Practices for a Healthy Garden - ...soil is dry 2-3 inches below surface, time to water! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6490983b8255f90ca7dadaf0/12042735-ccdd-465b-9812-6c6209719828/IMG_0949.jpg WEL Notes - Best Watering Practices for a Healthy Garden - Make it stand out Showy Goldenrod wilting from heat and high humidity. 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