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Gardening: You can’t plant too many bulbs
Bulbs are like little jewel boxes that you bury in the fall and then forget about. When you need spring the most, they arrive as pearls held above the cold earth.

Rake, for goodness sake
Make sure you warmup and practice good form while getting the lawn and gardens done

11/08/2009

Next year’s beautiful spring begins with fall chores now
WASHINGTON — Soil moisture is back and temperatures are cool enough for it to stay moist, so apply an organic fall fertilizer for lawn and trees. Water it in deeply for the root system to absorb it by mid-November. If you miss this mark, wait until mid-March to feed lawn and trees.

Urban garden takes root
After much toil and a truckload of soil, an LA journalist has her home-grown veggies

Composting begins with a container in the kitchen
• The paper milk carton: Simply open up the top of a paper milk carton and toss in your potato peelings, coffee grounds and that leftover arugula salad you never got around to eating. The carton won’t leak — it’s waxed –– so it’s OK to keep on the kitchen counter but will break down at the compost facility. Do not use this method if the milk carton has a non-compostable plastic screw-top spout.

11/01/2009

Flowering dogwoods are for the birds . . .
At a recent meeting I felt like I discovered the Garden of Eden in Mount Vernon, Ga. I was at Brewton-Parker College and was given a tour of the campus by its president, Dr. David Smith. I noticed that everywhere I looked there was a native dogwood. I couldn’t help but think to myself, “These dogwoods are for the birds.”

In gardens as in life, success grows from successes
Nothing embodies my conflicted feelings about homeownership like our yard. I enjoy it immensely, except when I’m sick to death of taking care of it.

For big contrast, come to the dark side
There’s a dark side to just about everything, including our gardens.

Crocuses can put on a colorful autumn show, too
Autumn crocus is worth planting, if only to startle your neighbors. When they ask why your crocuses are blooming this time of year, just smile and say that perhaps spring has come early in your garden.

10/25/2009

Real marshmallows are super-sweet
With harvest season winding down, it’s time for dessert. How about some candy — real candy — from the garden?

Women farmers bring personal touch to plants, customers
SEATTLE — Few things bug Claire Thomas more than being called a gardener.

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