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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Residents Warned Not to Plant Unsolicited Foreign Seed Shipments

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Photos of seeds sent to Virginians unsolicited/VDACS (Source: Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) Various news...
Saturday, July 18, 2020

About The Cardinals

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Northern Cardinal And how to attract them When the word Cardinal is mentioned, four things come to mind – the bird, the basebal...
Thursday, June 25, 2020

About The Orioles

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And how to attract them For a type of blackbird, orioles are exceptionally colorful. Bright yellow, orange to chestnut colors c...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

Great Plants For Your Rain Garden

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In an earlier blog article – How To Create A Rain Garden – we discussed an important element – rain garden planting zones. He...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

How To Create A Rain Garden

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Ahhh. Hear the pitter-patter of little raindrops on the roof and window panes. What a relief. But sometimes it becomes a torrent and...
Friday, June 5, 2020

How To Create An Indoor Garden

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Bring some of the color, texture and fragrance of the outdoors into your home or workspace with an indoor garden. Here are some of the whats...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Upstairs or Downstairs, Indoors or Outdoors

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Plants for those spaces Indoor plants are wonderful. Houseplants brighten any room, add a little color, clean the air, and lend a ...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Have you considered growing a pollinator garden?

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Have you ever considered making a place in your landscape specifically for native pollinators? Doing so can help preserve those that...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

Life Stages of Butterflies, and Plants to Attract Them.

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If there were beauty contests for insects, adult butterflies would win every time. But their time spent in glamorous array is incred...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Going Downhill Fast?

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When mowing is no longer an option. Frankly, I’ve not had to mow a grassy slope since I left East Tennessee three dozen years ag...
Friday, March 20, 2020

"I Know A Hill Where Periwinkle Grows"

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Just outside my window Periwinkle’s evergreen Periwinkle’s strong, Under the snow it lives All Winter long. When the fi...
Saturday, February 1, 2020

Great Garden Visits - Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Garden

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Around the circle. A Grand Circle tour is not complete without visiting the Bellagio Conservatory and Botanical Garden . That’s wha...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Number One Rule For Vegetable Gardening - Make It Easy On Yourself

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Make it easy on yourself.   That’s the number one rule in my book of gardening notes to self. When garden work becomes more of a c...