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Safe Mosquito Control – Part 2

2020-09-15T10:12:32-04:00By |Easy Living Yards Podcast, Organic Landscaping|

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Safe Mosquito Control for your Family – Part 2 – Show Notes

Today we pick up from last last episode to discuss five ways to control mosquito problems in your yard, so you can better enjoy being outdoors with your family, and feel safe from mosquitos and harsh chemicals.

If you missed last episode, go check it out at ely.how/episode75

Links for safe mosquito control: ely.how/mosquito

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Safe Mosquito Control

2020-09-15T10:12:31-04:00By |Easy Living Yards Podcast, Organic Landscaping|

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Safe Mosquito Control for your Family – Show Notes

Today we cover five ways to control mosquito problems in your yard, so you can better enjoy being outdoors with your family, and feel safe from mosquitos and harsh chemicals.

Links for safe mosquito control: ely.how/mosquito

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Xeriscaping – Drought tolerant landscaping

2019-07-01T17:25:20-04:00By |DIY landscaping, Drought Resistant Landscaping, Easy Living Yards Podcast, Low Maintenance Landscaping|

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Xeriscaping – Show Notes

Xeriscaping: Drought tolerant landscaping

Xeriscaping is creating drought-friendly landscaping that looks beautiful and is well-adapted to drought conditions.  Learn how to create your own drought-tolerant landscaping in today’s episode!

Today’s links: ely.how/episode74

What is Xeriscaping?

  • Xeriscaping is water-conscious landscaping

Origin of Xeriscaping

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Invasive plants to avoid in your yard – ELY070

2020-04-29T17:49:31-04:00By |DIY landscaping, Easy Living Yards Podcast, Ecological Landscaping, Low Maintenance Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping|

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Invasive Plants and their Native Plant Alternatives – Show Notes

Today’s links: ely.how/episode70

Ten invasive plants to avoid and […]

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Safe and Natural Weed Control – ELY 067

2020-04-29T17:49:53-04:00By |Easy Living Yards Podcast, Ecological Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping, Organic Landscaping|

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Safe and Natural Weed Control – Show Notes

Today’s links: ely.how/episode67

Safe and natural weed control for weed problems

  • Why we hate weeds

    • Desire for order
    • Ugly plants
    • Wrong plant, […]
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Butterfly gardens and Pollinator Gardens

2020-04-29T17:51:04-04:00By |DIY landscaping, Easy Living Yards Podcast, Ecological Landscaping, Low Maintenance Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping|

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Butterfly Gardens and Pollinator Gardens – Show Notes

Today’s links: ely.how/episode62

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ELY 040 – DIY Landscaping at our house

2020-07-29T17:29:10-04:00By |Current Events, DIY landscaping, Easy Living Yards Podcast, Native Landscaping|

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DIY Landscaping Update at the Hale House – Show Notes

What’s going on with the Hale’s DIY Landscaping

Today’s links: ely.how/episode40

DIY Landscaping Update outline

  • Shift focus from interior of house to outdoors
  • Front yard landscaping makeover
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ELY 030 – Living a purpose driven life

2020-07-29T17:28:30-04:00By |Easy Living Yards Podcast, Living with Purpose, Organic Landscaping|

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Living with a purpose driven life – Show Notes

Today, we talk about living with passion and having a purpose driven life

Yes, I was bummed yesterday

  • Case of Mondays
  • Tendency to complexity

My beliefs

  • What we do matters
  • having a purpose driven life is important

Easy Living Yards purpose: 10% for people and planet

  • Food independence through local healthy food
  • Social welfare and healthy families through grass roots
  • Healthy childhood for all children – physical, cognitive, emotional

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ELY 029 – Best Landscape Trees 2018 Edition

2020-07-29T17:28:28-04:00By |Easy Living Yards Podcast, Low Maintenance Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping|

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Best Landscape Trees – Show Notes

Today, we talk about my favorite landscape trees across the US

Let’s jump right in!

Red Maple – Acer rubrum

  • 40-60’ tall, 30-50’ wide
  • Zones 3-9
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Medium to wet soils
  • Majestic form
  • Bright fall color
    • Red
    • Orange
    • Yellow
  • Early spring flower buds – deep red
  • Tolerates wide range of conditions
  • “helicopters” – favorite for kids
    • Technical term is a samara
    • Synonyms: key, wingnut, helicopter, whirlybird, whirligig, […]
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The Easiest Best Garden Plants in the Midwest

2020-04-29T17:50:24-04:00By |DIY landscaping, Low Maintenance Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping|

Get your easy plant today

Do you want a plant you can get NOW from the nursery

and have it in the ground TODAY?

This super simple short list gives you three super easy plants to add beauty to your landscape today!

These are three low maintenance plants that have proven success in nearly ALL of the United States.

They are each beautiful in their own way and provide you with three different options for […]

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