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Friday, February 15, 2019

Check Soil Temperature Before Planting Vegetable Seeds

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Photo courtesy vegetable gardener.com More important than moon signs and more predictable than weather is another variable which dras...
Thursday, February 14, 2019

Happy Valentine's Day! by Carol King

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Photo courtesy weedsandseedswap.com Legends and lore abound on why we celebrate Valentine’s day by giving flowers to our loved ones....
Monday, February 11, 2019

Gardening Trends for 2019

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Photo by Donna Duffy February is a good time to start thinking seriously about your landscape and gardening wishes for the coming sea...
Friday, February 8, 2019

How to Make a Cold Frame for Early Seed Start by Carol King

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Photo houzz.com A cold frame is a simple structure that uses the sun's energy and insulation to create a microclimate within your g...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Pruning the Trees in Your Landscape by Peter Drake

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Photo courtesy thegardenerseden.com Accustomed, as we are, to regard trees as an integral part of our home landscape, we would do well ...
Saturday, February 2, 2019

What is a Heirloom Plant?

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Heirloom tomatoes, photo courtesy Burpee.com The following information was excerpted from What are Heirlooms , University of Nebraska...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019

The Impact of Wind Chill on Plants

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Photo by Donna Duffy Excerpted from Wind Chill Doesn’t Really Matter to a Plant , Mark Longstroth, Michigan State University Extension ...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

What to do with a Tree Stump?

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Several years ago, I had a huge elm tree removed from a corner of my yard. I was left with a tree stump about 2 feet tall, sprouting l...
Saturday, January 26, 2019

January Word of the Month: Winter Quiescence

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Photo courtesy Donna Duffy Have you ever wondered what's going on with your tree roots underneath all that winter snow? Michael S...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Does Your Landscape Have Winter Interest?

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Red hips on Rosa glauca (Redleaf Rose) It's pretty easy to have an interesting garden from May through October while flowers,...
Sunday, January 20, 2019

How Honeybees Survive Winter by Audrey Stokes

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Photo courtesy thetruthwins.com When winter rolls around, bears hibernate and birds fly south, but what about the bees? Like every othe...
Thursday, January 17, 2019

Become a Citizen Scientist!

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Rain gauge, photo courtesy cocorahs.org Citizen science is the involvement of the public in scientific research – whether community-dr...