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Thursday, April 27, 2023

The Gardener's To-Do List for May

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  Wow! April seemed to pass so quickly. May is upon us, so here are some things to do in and around your garden. Surely you've taken a s...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Are you thinking about becoming food self-sufficient?

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  Are you beginning to think you should become food self-sufficient? You've seen significant price increases at the grocery store. It se...
Friday, April 14, 2023

How To Make A Simple Composting Barrel

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  Composting happens all the time without human intervention. Leaves fall, grasses die, wood rots and the circle of life from a seedling to ...
Saturday, April 8, 2023

Grow Your Garden Anywhere

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  Some form of gardening seems to be in everyone’s blood. It might be for the love of beauty, fascination with the world of plants, the feel...
Friday, March 31, 2023

The Gardener's To-Do List for April

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  Along with the coming of April come more garden tasks. Here are some suggestions organized by region. If you didn’t get around to it last ...
Saturday, March 25, 2023

Consider the benefits of raised-bed gardening.

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What with the current economic situation in the U.S., inflation and supply chain disruptions, we’re thinking more about supplementing our fo...
Monday, March 13, 2023

Soil Tests – The Why and How

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  No doubt you've learned somewhere that soil tests provide essential guidelines for gardening. Perhaps the "why" and "ho...
Thursday, March 9, 2023

How To Plant Perennials From 2-1/2” or 3-1/2” Pots

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  It's not uncommon for folks to visit their garden shops at the first breath of spring, buy a few plants, then wander about the yard lo...
Saturday, March 4, 2023

The Gardener’s To-Do List for March

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Can you believe it? The month of March is here already. With it comes a lot to do in the garden. Here are some suggestions organized by regi...
Friday, February 24, 2023

Gardening for Senior Citizens - Making It Easier

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This is the second in my series on gardening for senior citizens.  I wrote about my grandparents gardening in an earlier article, Gardening ...
Saturday, February 18, 2023

Gardening for Senior Citizens - Thoughts of Grandparents In Their Gardens.

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  Some of my most cherished memories are of my grandparents working in their gardens. Even when I was a child, I was impressed by their ener...
Saturday, February 11, 2023

February Garden Tasks?

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      Just when you think of sitting down and resting until spring, February rolls around. The month of February might be one of the busiest...
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

What is this strange thing?

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  I asked that question about 40 years ago of a retired County Agent. "I dunno", he said. Then he commenced to cut it up into tiny...
Wednesday, December 7, 2022

It’s December. Is it too late in the year to plant bare root perennials and ground cover vines?

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  Bare root daylilies It depends on whether you’re covered up with snow or the soil is frozen. If that’s the case, then you’ve missed the bo...
Monday, October 24, 2022

Unmitigated Disasters: Why Celebrated Tree Planting Projects Fail

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  Image by Drukpa Publications Pvt. Ltd., CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons  Fred Pearce wrote an excellent article published at the Yale S...
Friday, October 21, 2022

Have you visited an All-America Selections Display Garden?

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  All-America Selections Display Gardens are wonderful resources for gardeners such as yourself. Whether you're a professi...
Friday, August 26, 2022

Yarrow – The Herb for Wounded Soldiers

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WHILE tyrants sit enthron'd in state, With trophies at their feet, And fawning courtiers round them wait, With adulation sweet! I...
Monday, August 8, 2022

A push toward wind energy threatens to kill more eagles.

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  A compelling article by Tate Watkins published in " Reason Magazine " takes note of the fact that wind turbines do more damage t...
Friday, June 17, 2022

A Few Plants For Prepping Your Medicinal Herb Garden

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  You’ve probably noticed that the prices of many commodities have gone up and their availability has diminished. The problems didn’t just ...