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| 0 | Garden tours abound...to make gardens more environmentally in tune with Northern California's climate.""What you'll see: The tour, organized by the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden, features five private Palo Alto gardens that have never been open to the public before. All are... |
| 0 | Book program sows seeds of reading for Murrysville preschoolers...visit from Pittsburgh author Katherine Ayres. ""Themes include gardening, growing, direction words, helpful bugs and organic gardening practices, parts of plants and nutrition, she explained. "... |
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| 0 | Filly rings her Belle in Ashland...Country Star (Empire Maker), the even-money favorite, followed in fifth while Absolutely Cindy (Arch) and African Violet (Lemon Drop Kid) completed the order under the wire.""Little Belle began her career at Aqueduct in October, running fourth in an... |
| 0 | Backyard stewards...gardeners unknowingly apply green principles without realizing the positive effects they're having, such as using mulch to trap moisture and reduce runoff, and watering early in the morning rather than mid-day when water evaporates more readily.""Others,... |
| 0 | Stately gardens...state in North America.""The surrounding beds are bordered with boxwoods and filled in with euonymus ground cover. Large Sarah?s Favorite crape myrtles, which will bloom white, are showcased along with four specimen Vitex trees. Seasonal color beds with... |
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| 0 | Rule of green thumb...gap between tree trunks and house foundations because insects like termites can migrate through wood mulch, he added.""?They can come through the mulch from the yard and not touch where (the ground) has been treated,? Mote said.""?We?re almost at the poin... |
| 0 | Lay it on: Here's nitty-gritty on garden mulch...all and will die," Waite said.""In winter or early spring, rake away or till in organic mulch in vegetable gardens so the ground can warm up, she said. Black plastic can be used as mulch to heat the ground and provide a jump-start on the growing... |
| 0 | Trendiest containers are old-fashioned terra cotta...beauty with durability are turning to terra cotta pots and urns to enhance their unique container gardens.""Some garden designers are claiming that demand for terra cotta containers is as great today as it was in the late 19th and early 20th... |
| 0 | Experience the pleasure of harvesting your own vine-ripened tomatoes...drained soil, pests such as gophers and soil-borne diseases.""Begin by using a high-quality mix containing peat moss and perlite, and then add a complete fertilizer such as a dry organic product or a controlled-release type. The best way to water... |
| 0 | Kitchen garden special: Pretty tasty vegetables...to sell them to restaurants. ""She tested thousands of varieties, identifying those ideal for the organic home gardener and, in a series of classic books, all recently updated - The Organic Salad Garden, Grow Your Own Vegetables, Oriental Vegetables (all... |
| 0 | Camellias' flowers, foliage capture attention...known for their cold hardiness, since we're on the northern edge of the Japanese camellia's hardiness zone.""Japanese camellia can grow as tall as 25 feet but is more commonly 6-12 feet tall, spreading 6-10 feet. "" In addition to its use as a focal point... |
| 0 | Asparagus crowns are preferred over seeds...one-year-old crowns or plants are preferred for planting. The crowns are actually a combination of rhizomes, fleshy roots and fibrous roots. The fleshy roots, which may spread laterally under the soil several feet from the rhizomes, store food reserves... |
| 0 | Experience the pleasure of harvesting your own vine-ripened tomatoes...delicious peppers and other crops by using pots.""All you need is a generous-sized container, good potting soil and a spot that gets at least six hours of full sun a day. Pots also are the answer for those with larger gardens who may be dealing with poorl... |
| 0 | Planting for privacy...and stems are not hidden from the sun by nearby plants, and grow stronger. Missouri Botanical Garden's PlantFinder (www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/) provides the mature height and width of plants. Many shrubs provide the perfect shape and size to... |
| 0 | Skunk cabbage?s shoots herald spring...melting the ice or snow around them.""The plant can, theoretically, oxidize starch stored in its rhizomes while using a lot of oxygen and producing warmth. Its a well-choreographed dance of releasing warmth and odor, blooming flowers and pollinating... |
| 0 | 10 fabulous summer perennials...they don't drown). Grow in full sun and provide excellent drainage. Pinks like a slightly alkaline soil; beside a concrete pathway or in a rockery pocket is fine.""The grassy foliage grows to about 3 feet, and in summer, tall and ever-so-thin flower stems... |
| 0 | JHS Project Graduation?s plant sale starts Saturday...the sale by Damon Ramey wholesale Plant Farm in Reklaw.""Prices range from $4 to $10. Bedding plant sizes are 10-inch pots, one-gallon pots, 12-pack flats and 24-pack flats.""Citizens who placed Coca-Cola product orders with Project Graduation last week... |
| 0 | Put newspaper to bed in weed-marred garden...put down four to five layers of newspapers (overlapping edges), and then cover them with mulch. Is this a procedure you would recommend? My husband and I are looking for the easiest way."" The newspaper-plus-mulch method is excellent. It's actually much... |
| 0 | It?s Home and Garden Time!...Acres, Debra Bacon, and Eileen Ahern, think that this could be the year of the vegetable garden.""Shay theorizes that a combination of economic pressures, environmental concerns, and the "localvore" movement is inspiring more folks than ever to try their... |
| 0 | Garden Party...Joe-Pye Weed and Black-Eyed Susan. An old claw-foot bathtub provides a water feature. Here a herb garden, there a row of tomatoes and strawberries; everywhere you look is a surprise like citrus trees, native star anise, old-fashioned roses or the newest... |
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