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March 21, 2007
By: Momoy
Category: Garden
Question: We are anxious to get started on planting our garden but our soils are still very wet and cold. Is there anything we can do to help warm them up and dry them out?
Answer: Unfortunately, wet clay soils are notorious for staying cold late into the Spring in our coastal area. A simple [...]
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January 26, 2007
By: Momoy
Category: Flowers, Garden
For Gail Christie’s friends and neighbors, a sure sign of winter are the wide flat pans, filled with stones and narcissus bulbs, in the large windows of her 1880 Victorian on the side of a hill in the Higganum section of Haddam.
The art teacher and artist, recently retired from the Durham school system, also grows [...]
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January 25, 2007
By: Momoy
Category: Garden
Article By: Dr. Leonard Perry
Tips for treating unplanted spring-flowering bulbs and caring for your houseplants.
How to treat unplanted spring-flowering bulbs, an amaryllis when through flowering, and houseplants dropping leaves, are some of the common indoor gardening questions this time of year.
If you purchased spring-flowering bulbs this fall, but didn’t get them all planted, what should [...]
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January 12, 2007
By: Momoy
Category: Garden
New Year’s Day has come and gone. Now’s the time to turn over a new leaf and compost it into your garden.
If you haven’t prepared your beds for spring, get started. Most people wait until spring to begin their gardens and flower beds. Why do the biggest job at the last minute? Turn over your [...]
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December 05, 2006
By: Momoy
Category: Flowers, Garden
Most people enjoy having a nice garden with tons of flowers. It’s the work that they don’t enjoy. Connie Krochmal from www.bellaonline.com describes how to achieve a great flower garden without the hassle:
A lot of floral designers are interested in having a cutting garden, but have limited time for this endeavor. When that is the [...]
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