Tools I Can’t Live Without

February 20, 2012 Gardening
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Gardening isn’t all joy. Watching the garden evolve and change with the seasons is one of a gardener’s.

Garden Aids

February 27, 2012 Gardening
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Some items useful in the garden are technically not tools but they are still extremely useful. I love.

Weed Prevention in Spring Vegetable Gardens

March 12, 2012 Gardening
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Spring is coming sooner than usual. Yesterday, as I walked through the garden, I noticed that my Anemone.

Winter Hedge Care

March 19, 2012 Gardening
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The month of March is the perfect time to evaluate and prune hedges. Most evergreen hedges can be.

Spring in Arizona

March 26, 2012 Gardening, Landscape Design
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In most years, March in Cleveland is still winter so we try to go somewhere warm for a.

A Harbinger of Spring – Celandine Poppy

April 3, 2012 Gardening, Landscape Design
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One of the harbingers of Spring is Stylophorum diphyllum, the Celandine Poppy.  Its slightly felted, pinnate, very lobed,.

Xeriscapes

April 16, 2012 Landscape Design
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I am proud to say that a few weeks ago, I won an award from the Ohio Landscapers.

Oh, Those Deer!

April 23, 2012 Gardening
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Deer may be beautiful but, to gardeners, they are voracious chompers of beloved plants. The deer even have.

Clematis

April 30, 2012 Gardening, Landscape Design
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By now, Clematis are in full leaf. If you are puzzled about how or whether to prune, relax..

The Secret Garden

January 22, 2012 Gardening
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I hadn’t read The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, since I was a kid but a friend.