The large scale farm ditches shown here might successfully influence the design of smaller scale ditches. http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/indiana/howwework/art30290.html

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Nine Questions – Duncan Brine June 4, 2010 An interview led and reported by Susan Cohan In America, we have separate words for what most Brits call ‘a garden’.  It can be a yard, a garden, or a landscape depending on who you talk to.  Landscape designer, Duncan Brine, who is based in New York’s [...]

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“Eden Reconsidered” A Passionate Appreciation of the Brine Garden by Marilyn Bethany At once naturalistic and theatrical, Brine’s garden challenges every assumption.  A knowledgeable plantsman who teaches off-season at the New York Botanical Garden, he confidently tosses together commonplace natives with rare and exquisite exotics, mass plantings with specimens, fine tuning each close-up but always [...]

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Plant an Insectary to Invite Insects to Your Garden: An insectary is a garden plot just for the insects. The right variety of plants will attract beneficial bugs to the neighborhood. It can be a separate landscape bed right near your garden, or several small plantings interspersed among the veggies. So what do you plant [...]

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