Diggin'It Blog

07.01.09

Winners of the Monitor’s first photo contest

When we set up a Gardening With the Monitor group on Flickr, we weren’t sure what to expect, but it wasn’t long before members appeared — and lots and lots of wonderful garden and nature photos. As we clicked from one group of impressive plant images to another, we were impressed.

Each one seemed more appealing than the one before. What about having a photo contest, we wondered, and ask a professional photographer to decide which were the best.

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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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Invasion of the grasshoppers

Hordes of hungry grasshoppers make gardening and farming more difficult in parts of Utah.

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In Maine, and other states, local fare is on the Fourth of July menu

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New to gardening? Learn from Master Gardeners.

A sudden interest in vegetable gardening prompts questions from novice growers.

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A pinch to grow an inch

Summer is the perfect time to pinch mums so they can produce large blossoms come fall.

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A mailbox garden that delivers

Send a message with curbside landscaping.

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Watch a landscape evolve before your eyes – online

A new website provides a virtual view of a New York Botanical Garden installation being designed by landscaping surperstars Piet Oudolf and Jacqueline van der Kloet.

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Kids in the garden

A few tips to spark children's interest in gardening.

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Tired of the rain? Be grateful, gardeners.

Embrace this soggy gardening season – there are benefits behind those raindrops.

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