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11.20.09

Unplanned garden ‘accidents’ have lovely results

Developing a pleasing landscape or garden is the most wonderful work. We plan and design and deliberate. Plants are considered for one location or another, one function – like developing a hedge for privacy – or another, such as softening a stone building.
It’s more fun than I can usually contain!
Sometimes, though, good accidents occur. Typically […]

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Gardening Tips of the Day

Don’t pick beans when plants are wet

Working among bean plants when they’re wet from rain or dew helps spread anthracnose, a fungus. If you see spots on your beans or on the leaves, that’s the cause. Pick off affected parts and remove them far from the garden.

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Moss gives a patina to the garden, a sense of age."

William Cullina, author of "Native Ferns, Moss, and Grasses.

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Gardeners love new plants even when they run out of space for them

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11.18.09

A city farmer faces the challenges of urban gardening

In Los Angeles, an urban gardener with dreams of farming in the city found that her soil was too polluted with lead and zinc to grow vegetables in the ground. But she didn't let that stop her.

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Plant a seed, get a tree

It's easy and fun to plant a seed and grow a tree. It takes time, though.

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11.16.09

Unemployed workers learn to grow their own food

In Ohio, a private college teaches 20 families with unemployed workers how to put food on the table by growing vegetables

11.13.09

Beautiful trees and shrubs can also be delicious

Plant serviceberry, kousa dogwood, fig, cherry, and orange trees and shrubs for their beauty and also their delicious fruits.

11.12.09

Vegetables popular for fall outdoor decorating

Vegetables such as peppers, lettuce, beets, eggplant, and sweet potatoes can all be used for outdoor decoration.

11.10.09

Black plants are weird and wonderful

New book explores weird and wonderful black plants, from the Chinese cobra lily to Vampire's Dracula orchid.

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How to keep your bulbs safe from deer, rabbits, and other pests

Interplanting pest-resistant bulbs, and using fencing, sprinklers, and barking dogs can all be effective ways to keep spring-flowering bulbs safe from deer and other four-legged pests.

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