Reroute Your Spout

Reroute Your Spout

As the cooler weather invites us outdoors, it is a perfect time to take stock of what’s happening with the things that flow in your corner of the world. Chances are, if you own a home in the Phillippi Creek watershed, it was built when the idea was to get rain off of...
Stop Mowing, Start Living

Stop Mowing, Start Living

What do you look forward to most on the weekends? Relaxing? Spending time with family? Going to the beach? Does mowing the lawn make the list? If not, then you’re in luck (and not alone)! There are many ways to create a yard that (almost) takes care of itself so you...
Historic Backyard Landscapes

Historic Backyard Landscapes

In the course of our day-to-day going from home to work and school and shops along convenient roadways and across bridges, we don’t think much of how the landscape used to look and function. In pre-development landscapes, rainfall soaks into the ground and...