Posts by Mark McGuire

Giving the land back to wildlife, and living in unity with nature. It sounds like hippie crap, but it’s what needs to be done.

Planning a pollinator garden this season or next? Here is a list of some of my favorite pollinator plants for zone 4. If you have been wondering what to plant, where to plant it, and which pollinators benefit from it- check out this list. It has all the good info you’ll need to plan your…

Don’t be confused by the plethora of different compost bins on the market. There are so many different styles and sales pitches out there. Honestly, almost any system will work – as long as you’re going to actually use it! This could be a wooden structure, a tumbler, a wire bin, or a pile in your yard. The key is…

We live in Minnesota, gardening zone 4. Growing seasons are short, but we can do all sorts of planning and prep inside! I have twin 4 year olds, so they’ll probably “help” me with these, but they’re totally fun for adults too! Here are 3 projects you can work on this winter.

Chickens have been a garden companion since the dawn of time (don’t look up that fact, I made it up) But really…Chickens are a great addition to any urban or rural yard. They have the obvious benefits of providing eggs and meat to humans, but did you know that they also help keep our gardens…

When you leave up plant stalks like grasses, perennials, woody plant blooms, you provide winter interest and allow wildlife (like birds and bees) to use the parts of the plants that they need for survival. All of my advice is for in and around zone 4. If you need help finding your gardening zone, take…

I recently attended the Wild Ones Native Plant Conference, where my knowledge of Native Plants was far expanded! I feel very benefited from the conference and so I went through my materials to gleam some information to share with you all, about why native plantings are so important, and why Sacred Space Gardens is choosing…

Do you have an unruly shrub? A rose bush that wont bloom well? An apple tree with crossing limbs? I lilac that has gotten too big? A floppy bush? It’s probably time to prune. Pruning is crucial to the health of our woody plants: Shrubs, bushes, trees. It is important that pruning is done correctly…

It’s easy to say that your garden is a place for beauty and to bring you joy, but when we dig deeper into the reasons we keep gardens and what they’re role in our world, is we need to look at the creatures that utilize gardens a lot more than we do. In fact, they…