Mar 12, 2020 | Eco-friendly Gardening, Recommended Plants
Bees are the most important living beings on this planet, the Earthwatch Institute declared in a recent meeting of the Royal Geographical Society of London. However, wildlife experts and scientists conclude that bees are on the endangered species list. According to...
Mar 5, 2020 | Lawn Care, Pest Control, Watering
Moss can be a major problem for lawns in our cool, damp climate. A healthy lawn that gets enough sunlight can outcompete moss. But it is difficult to banish moss entirely. Option: Moss control treatment If you would like, we can apply a moss control treatment to your...
Feb 27, 2020 | Lawn Care
We will soon be visiting our lawn care clients to do aeration and overseeding. Aeration helps bring air and water to lawn roots and stimulates root and shoot growth. Overseeding thickens the lawn so it can outcompete weeds. We also offer topdressing with compost as an...
Feb 20, 2020 | Lawn Care, Pest Control
Chafer beetles appear to be spreading in our region. We have recently gotten several comments in response to last year’s blog post about chafer beetles. People describe lawns that crows have ripped to shreds while looking for beetle larvae. Here is more...
Feb 14, 2020 | Lawn Care, Recommended Plants
How does your lawn look? Has moss invaded your lawn during this wet winter? If your lawn is healthy and in a location that favors grass, it can outcompete moss. Still, our cool, damp climate in western Washington provides an ideal environment for moss to thrive. You...
Feb 6, 2020 | Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care
Are you thinking about growing your own food? Home-grown vegetables and fruits are more delicious than the food you can buy at the store. And you are helping the environment by growing vegetables because your food is not shipped from distant lands. Growing a food...
Jan 30, 2020 | Landscape Design
Do the gray, rainy days bring you down? Perhaps it’s time to dream about relaxing in your landscape next summer with a cool drink in your hand. Maybe your existing landscape doesn’t feel very relaxing. Maybe you spend too much time working in it and not...
Jan 16, 2020 | Garden Care, Landscape Care, Lawn Care, Tree Care
In Harmony service technicians visit our clients’ landscapes several times a year to build the health of their trees, shrubs and lawns. Perhaps you are a client for one of our services and wonder what else we do. We offer both natural lawn care and natural tree...
Jan 9, 2020 | Disease Control, Pest Control, Tree Care
Some unwanted insects and mites survive the winter on leafless twigs, tree bark or hardened-off evergreen needles. Dormant oils can kill these pests without harming the trees. In Harmony uses dormant oils in winter as needed to kill the eggs or mature females of...
Dec 19, 2019 | Community
We hope your holiday season is filled with joy and laughter, comfort and cheer with family and friends. Here at In Harmony, we work to connect our practices and our clients’ landscapes with the rhythms of Mother Nature. Thus we like to pause and acknowledge the winter...
Dec 13, 2019 | Disease Control, Garden Care, Tree Care
The leaves have fallen from most trees and shrubs. Now you can see the “bones” of your landscape, the structure and shape of your plants. This is a great time to walk around your landscape and look carefully at your trees and shrubs. Do you see branches...
Nov 21, 2019 | Community
We are grateful that we have been able to build and grow our business for 25 years. When we started In Harmony in 1994, our goal was to help people have healthy landscapes. We wanted to create landscapes that would grow in harmony with Mother Nature. A quarter century...
Nov 8, 2019 | Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care, Tree Care, Video
We are now brewing effective microorganisms (EM) and applying them to our clients’ landscapes. If you are a natural tree and shrub care client, we will visit you soon to apply EM to your landscape. This organic, non-GMO product is packed full of probiotic,...
Oct 24, 2019 | Garden Care, Pest Control, Recommended Plants
Root weevils can be a troublesome pest of rhododendrons and other evergreen shrubs. It may seem like the damage to plant leaves appears out of nowhere. Because the adult root weevils feed at night, we see the damage but no insects. Notched leaves, especially along the...
Oct 17, 2019 | Garden Care, Lawn Care, Pest Control
After it rains, you might see mushrooms sprouting in your lawn or garden beds. Clients often ask us if they should worry about these mushrooms. Should you be concerned? In most cases, having mushrooms in your lawn is a good sign. It means that it is healthy, with...
