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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

FAQ: What garden tasks should I be doing in June?

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Among the most frequently asked questions, "When is the best time to...", is near the top of the list. Here are a few gardening t...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

FAQ: The bottoms of my tomatoes are rotting. What is the problem?

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Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Q. The bottoms of my tomatoes are rotting what is the problem? What can...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

FAQ: What is the best way to keep weeds out of my garden?

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Q. What is the best way to keep weeds out of my garden? A. In a word: MULCH. Mulch suppresses weeds and helps to retain soil moisture. ...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Life Lessons From Silene

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Sources that I've researched indicate that the genus, Silene (pronounced sy-LEE-nee), aka Lychnis , was named by Carl Linnaeus in ...
Monday, May 2, 2011

FAQ: What garden tasks should I be doing in May?

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Gardening is a continuous process of sowing, transplanting, dividing, pruning, fertilizing, irrigating, protecting, mulching, mowing, weedi...

FAQ: Can you tell me what's the problem delivering live plants to Nevada?

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Q. Can you tell me what's the problem delivering live plants to Nevada? I've seen other companies on the web doing it. A. The l...
Friday, April 29, 2011

Violets - For That Romantic Spot In Your Garden

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Viola labradorica - Alpine Violet, Labrador Violet Touch but my lips with those faire lips of thine, Though mine be not so faire, ye...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Before All Hail Broke Loose

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The last day of the 2011 Savannah Tour of Homes and Gardens , will be remembered as the day that all hail broke loose. It was a balmy Su...

Solve The Mystery With Gromwell In Your Garden

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The turf under the oak still retained the vague shape of Domville's body, but already the grasses were rising again. Cadfael prowle...
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Monday, April 25, 2011

The Secret Is Oregano

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ANDY - That certainly is delicious spaghetti, Mrs. Sprague, especially that sauce of yours. MRS. SPRAGUE - Oh, thank you, Andrew. It...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Rupture Wort In Linnaeus's Truss

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That place just betwixt excruciating pain, And, “oh don’t worry, I will be fine,” Twisted back, muscles stretched to the limit, No p...
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A Sick Ancona Hen

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Posted under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License Dear Reader, I received this yesterday via e-mail. I hope you'll e...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The Thunder Giant

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A frightening hailstorm pummeled Savannah, GA a couple of Sundays ago, beating off azalea flowers and shredding tender foliage. A fe...
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Our Lady's Mantle

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Our Lady's Mantle! When I musing stray In leafy June along the mossy sward, No flower that blooms more fixes my regard Than ...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Sea Thrift Grows By The Summer Sea

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  SEA THRIFT grows by the summer sea, Till the summer’s close, On a grassy cliff, ’neath a radiant sky, While sun and summer and...
Friday, April 1, 2011

Garden Tasks For April

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Among the most frequently asked questions, "When should I...", is near the top of the list. Here are a few gardening tasks for Ap...
Thursday, March 31, 2011

FAQ: How should I prepare a planting site for mondo grass?

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Q. How should I prepare a planting site for mondo grass? The area is covered with weeds. Should I use landscape cloth? A. Begin by takin...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

New Ground Cover Roses - Get The Drift®

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Advertised as the newest thing in roses for small gardens, the same company that introduced the Knock Out® roses, is promoting Drift® ...
Friday, March 25, 2011

Biltmore House and Gardens

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Last fall, I returned to the mountains of North Carolina to revisit some of my favorite landmarks. One, in particular, has always fascina...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

FAQ: What's wrong with my centipede lawn?

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( I visited the site and took a soil sample to the local Cooperative Extension Service office for testing. ) Your lawn problems are relat...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

FAQ: Will my shrubs die if I cut them back too much?

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Q. Our house will be painted soon. The painter says that my shrubs are in his way and should be cut way back so he can work. I'm ...
Thursday, February 10, 2011

Seed Catalog Time

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Photo by Akil Mazumder from Pexels Crocuses, winter aconites, cornelian cherries and robins tell us that spring is near. But seed ca...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Dumbarton Oaks

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Within "America's most civilized square mile" is a distinguished house and garden known as Dumbarton Oaks that should be o...