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The Meadow Garden

Jessica Munroe February 15, 2021

With this I had the opportunity to establish a meadow on the sandy soil mound that would be left bare. With the right selection of seed, wildflowers and native grasses can actually benefit a septic system because they absorb the nutrients discharged into septic beds better than turf or evergreen ground over. It is also

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In plants, garden Tags brucepeninsula, greybruce, meadow, ontarionative, huron, northerngardening, ontario, gardenmaintenace, gardendesign, cottagegarden, gardening, meadowestablishment
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The Rock Garden

Jessica Munroe February 15, 2021

We didn’t set out to remove such a large portion of trees but as one cedar was removed it was clear that the dead growth that exposed the removal would never recover. What we discovered along the way was that we were uncovering granite and limestone that we had no idea existed. The beauty of was shocking and we wanted to see more…

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Tags northerngardening, lakesidegarden, gardenmaintenace, gardening, gardendesign, brucepeninsula, greybruce, rockgarden, lakehuron, ontarionative, plantnative, nativeplant
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The Dock Garden

Jessica Munroe February 15, 2021

Nestled beside Lake Huron along the Bruce Peninsula, this garden is in an unforgivable location. Storms cause waves to crash and flood the garden as seen above. The summer sun beats down relentlessly causing heavy drought. Winter sees -40C temperatures and full ice coverage. Just the regular winds alone that it endures being on a Great Lake brings the drama.

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In garden, plants, dockgarden Tags lakehuron, greybruce, brucepeninsula, nativeplant, ontarionative, huron, garden, gardening, gardendesign, gardenmaintenace, plantnative, ecology, organicgarden, lakesidegarden, cottagegarden

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