by uuasheville | Jan 11, 2023 | Scoop
Are you a coffee drinker? We are in our house so I have a cup or so of coffee grounds every day to deal with. I throw them in my compost bin so they do get recycled. But there are so many other ways to use them. Here are a few that might give you a little inspiration...
by uuasheville | Nov 17, 2022 | Scoop
The cold has driven us indoors, the garden is finished for the season, and it’s basically time to hibernate. But, what about bringing some of the outdoors inside to help get us through the holidays and into the new year? Decorating the house with treasures from the...
by uuasheville | Nov 2, 2022 | Scoop
We had to remove a tree on the UU Asheville campus (near the ramp). As much as I hate to remove any tree, this one had to go. The tree, a hemlock, was declining severely without any possibility of being brought back to health. And it was near the power lines along...
by uuasheville | Oct 27, 2022 | Scoop
The leaves are finally starting to fall, which means that wonderful activity, leaf pick-up, is here. Instead of looking at them as a nuisance, why not think of them as gold for the garden? I’m going to try to convince you to change leaf pick-up into “leaf recovery.”...
by uuasheville | Oct 6, 2022 | Scoop
Beebalm Here are a few tips on fall care for perennials. Although I do encourage you to leave foliage and seedheads standing through the winter, some perennials do benefit from pruning back. And don’t forget – we will have a congregation-wide Plant Exchange on...
by uuasheville | Sep 6, 2022 | Scoop
Invasive Plants One of the UU Asheville’s responsibilities to retain our Pollinator Garden certification is that we must remove invasive plants. Most of us know when a plant invades our own gardens. The first indication is that It tends to choke out more...
