About Us
Our goal is to offer you practical information focused on your lawns… from planning all the way through to the end. But, as all lawn lovers know, there are many interpretations of that word, “end”.
Once a lawn is planted, it’s fertilize-water-mow… then “rinse and repeat”. So, what’s the “end” we’re talking about? It’s you sitting in a lawn chair (or better yet, relaxing in a hammock), admiring your healthy lawn.
We’ve provided easy-to-follow tips for designing, creating, and maintaining lawns. You will also find an Organic Lawns category, offering easy and practical “green” alternatives.
A brand new category is in the works for those of you in areas experiencing or threatened by drought conditions. It will feature common-sense approaches to lawn landscapes…
- Identifying high-drought tolerant grass varieties and showing ways to introduce them into your landscape
- “Less-is-more” lawn landscape designs illustrating you can lessening your lawn’s footprint without losing the benefits of a lawn.
- Landscapes that substitute drought-tollerant groundcovers for traditional lawns.
- Landscapes that exclude traditional lawns entirely, but are still inviting and fresh. (There are some communities that insist on this type of landscape now, so we want to offer some choices.)
All of you are encouraged to make comments… nearly the entire blog is open to viewer comments. We would especially welcome your ideas for the category on water-conserving lawns.
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Some of y’all have asked that we tell you a bit about ourselves. So…
Susan Nelson Hopkins…
Susan enjoys designing websites and blogs, and writing articles. She is the webmaster for these website collections and blogs:
Eyes-Only-Club (family sites)
Susan’s Gardens (gardening sites and blogs)
- Susan’s Bird Gardens
- Susan’s Hummingbird Gardens
- Name That Hummingbird
- Susan’s Lawn Gardens (blog)
- Susan’s Gardening Tips (blog)
- Susan’s Garden Gossip (blog)
- Gardening News (blog)
- Susan’s Garden Shop (shopping)
- Gardenng Info Spot (portal: videos, photos, Q&A, auctions, shopping)
BirdsnBugsnBees (a sample of planned kids sites)
Our Green Families (a blog focused on families “going green”)
Hopkins-Enterprises (includes links to family-friendly activities and topics)
- Alternative Energy (environment)
- Retirement 101 (finances)
- Blogging Tools (finances-home business)
- Common Sense Weight Loss (family)
- Family Camping (sports)
- For Golfing Families (sports) (blog)
- NASCAR Fans (vehicles)
All websites and blogs include material either authored by Susan or adapted by her… including the graphics. AND, the content is always family-friendly!
Frank Norris Hopkins…
Frank keeps Susan focused! She tends to have too many projects going at once 
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He contributes technical advice (and lots of common sense) on all of the above sites, and is also the co-administrator of the Our-Green-Families blog.
Frank has a couple of really interesting projects in the works, based on his interests in kayaking and biking (as in bicycles… not motorcycles). Lots of good stuff coming!
AND, Frank’s articles are always easy-to-understand and focused on simple, practical, and interesting tips
