Susan Harris

Watch our latest IKEA TV advert. Gnomes sabotage a couple who are trying to improve their garden -- see how the couple combat the gnomes and make m...

Second side of court garden of villa in San Miguel de Allende.

At a villa in San Miguel de Allende.

Bob and Ann Oakes, of Asheville, NC, perform "Still All Right" © 2011 Bob Oakes

The bird-attracting back garden of my next-door neighbors, designed by Holt Jordan. It's located in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Originally uploaded in 2010 to the GardenerSusan channel, which I'm now locked out of. Here it is...

Update on the ground covers I'm trying out as potential lawn replacements for my front yard. Starring: Creeping Jenny, Mazus, assorted sedums, red clover, assorted thymes. Created on May 2, 2009 in Takoma Park, Maryland.

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What was once a front lawn is now a mosaic of creeping groundcovers.

Here's my website info about this lawn-to-garden make-over, and another one in the back yard. http://www.sustainable-gard......

Originally uploaded to the GardenerSusan channel, which I'm now locked out of, in May 2009. Here's its original location: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Tour of the awesome garden of designer/television host Shirley Bovshow of Los Angeles. The back yard features great sustainable plants for the climate, an amazing number of edibles, and lots of areas for sitting, relaxing,...

Showing my Takoma Park, Maryland garden in early May of 2009. Uploaded to the GardenerSusan channel (which I'm now locked out of) in this location: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Showing a deckful of colorful annuals and vegetables in Takoma Park, MD in June, 2011.

Originally shown on the GardenerSusan Youtube channel that I'm now locked out of. Here's its original location: http://www.youtube....

This is my first attempt to grow food in containers on my deck - which I hope is sunny enough - and the first video updates about how things are going (I'm also asking for guidance from viewers.)

I'm in Maryland, Zone 7. F...

PamJ, author of the My Lovely Worms blog (www.mylovelyworms.blogspot.co­m) has agreed to adopt my worms and compost bin because I can't handle the pressure of worm ownership! Here she explores the bin and shows off her own ...

About Silver Spring, Maryland's new happening place in downtown. With architect's drawings, visions of ice skating in winter, concerts and more in summer, from sites in other cities that inspired the architect for this pro...

At the USDA People's Garden in D.C., the Earth Day blessing of the Three Sisters Garden. April 2009.

Originally shown on GardenerSusan, the Youtube channel I'm now locked out of. Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Here I'm testing the Black & Decker 24-Volt Cordless String Trimmer/Edger on my alternative lawn of clover and creeping sedum. The goal: to make the stone path visible and walkable - without bending down to do it.

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