Curious what all the buzz is about Pocket Forests? A Pocket Forest – also known as a micro forest, tiny forest, or mini forest- is a community of native trees and shrubs planted tightly together in an urban or suburban site based on the Miyawaki method. This video gives a brief introduction to what Pocket Forests are all about.

You don’t need to pull all your grass and weeds by hand to clear space for a garden. Follow these simple steps for solarizing your lawn from the University of Minnesota Extension. All you need is a relaxed attitude and time.

What do you think of when you hear the word forest? Stands of massive redwoods? Old growth forests in Canada? A national forest? The “North Woods” of Central Park? Each of these locations would be a correct example, and all of them share something in common: size. Naturally, we tend to think of forests as…