Planning Your Garden? Think Like a Pollinator!

Chunk! Chunk! Chunk! Chunk!

The sod cutter whined as its blade sliced through my lawn like a block of cheese. Its motor pulled me toward the fence, where I wrestled the machine 180 degrees to cut the next section.

My buddy Brad was busy rolling up the strips of sod and stacking them next to the sidewalk where I'd placed a "free" sign.

Neighbors quickly appeared, thankful for patches to cover the dead spots their dogs had left in their lawns during the winter.

After a couple hours of work, swaths of bare dirt hugged the sidewalk.

My goal was couch appeal over curb appeal.

I'd long dreamed of re...