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Ecological Gardening

When you think of your garden beds do you yearn for a garden requiring less maintenance and water? A garden with a more diverse selection of wildflowers and pollinator plants with a greater biodiversity all the while having a healthier growing soil or growing medium. If so, then ecological gardening may be right for you. In the past, we have asked one thing of our gardens: that they be pretty. Now they have to support life, sequester carbon, feed pollinators and manage water.

By M Kolenut|2023-02-01T11:34:38-05:00February 1st, 2023|Gardening, Landscaping, Native Plants, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|

What goes on in the soil during winter

Winter has arrived, which once again brings to mind how as a young boy I’d be looking out the kitchen window at the now barren landscape wondering what goes on in the soil over the winter? Eventually I’d end up outside with a shovel, but all I ever got was a sore foot from trying to drive the shovel deeper to see what I could find. After the first snowfall, the soil lies beneath, frozen in a rock-like crust. At first glance it seems lifeless and barren; but millions upon millions of micro-organisms are there, all eager to provide a buffet of nutrients once warm weather returns.

By M Kolenut|2023-01-13T16:22:18-05:00January 12th, 2023|Gardening, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|

A Commitment To Sustainable Land Care

Lincoln Landscaping Inc of Franklin Lakes N.J. is honored to announce the re-appointment of Michael Kolenut as a member of the Franklin Lakes NJ Shade Tree Commission. At a meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Franklin Lakes held on January 3, 2023 he was re-appointed as a member of the Shade Tree Commission for a 5 year term expiring on December 31, 2027.

By M Kolenut|2023-01-07T17:20:03-05:00January 7th, 2023|Landscaping, Lawn and Turf, Native Plants, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|

MAKE 2023 A SUSTAINABLE YEAR

MAKE 2023 A SUSTAINABLE YEAR With These New Years Resolutions - Chances are, you have never thought of your garden – indeed, of all of the space on your land – as a wildlife preserve that represents the last chance we have for sustaining plants and animals that were once common throughout the United States.

By M Kolenut|2022-12-22T17:07:23-05:00December 25th, 2022|Design, Gardening, Landscaping, Lawn and Turf, Maintenance, Native Plants, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|

Seasons Greetings

Though we believe in different faiths, we hope for the same things throughout the holiday season: a life full of love, peace, and joy.

By M Kolenut|2022-12-21T14:52:10-05:00December 21st, 2022|Gardening, Landscaping, Native Plants, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|

6 Plants for Winter Interest

Winter is often described as cold, dark, and dreary. Driving through suburban communities we see dull and dormant lawns, landscaped beds that are barren and empty, which all in all present a depressing atmosphere. The good news is it doesn’t have to be that way!

By M Kolenut|2022-09-12T12:21:15-04:00September 12th, 2022|Gardening, Landscaping, Native Plants, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|

Great Blue Lobelia

Great Blue Lobelia forms a flower spike covered in deep blue flowers from late summer to early fall. The erect, 2-3 ft., stems produce lavender-blue, tubular flowers crowded together on the upper stem. Showy, bright blue flowers are in the axils of leafy bracts and form an elongated cluster on a leafy stem. This blue counterpart of the Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) is a most desirable plant for woodland gardens especially since it blooms bright blue in late summer.

By M Kolenut|2022-08-21T09:39:24-04:00August 20th, 2022|Gardening, Landscaping, Native Plants, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|