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How to grow ornamental grasses

June 20, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Ornamental grasses have become extremely popular in the past ten years or so, and if you buy them at a garden center they are kind of pricey. Learning how to grow them yourself is actually quite easy. They can be grown from seed, but I won’t pretend to be an ...
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Lawn be gone: Plant moss, flowers or ponds instead

June 20, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

If you've finally had it up to here with grass, primarily the repetitive mowing, weeding, watering and feeding routines, then you're in luck. You don't have to look far for some attractive and less labor-intensive alternatives. Consider the merits of replacing or at least downsizing your lawn with clover, moss, ground ...

Take steps to strengthen summertime plants

June 10, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Plants, Garden

Summer officially arrives this month - the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer that the song recalls. Schools get out, lemonade stands appear and the scent of freshly mowed grass fills the air. In the garden, birds, bees and bugs are already busy, and even weekend gardeners have realized that ...

A roof garden makes your home greener

June 07, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Artist Scota Rakison has one of the most enviable views in London. From the roof terrace of her Barnes house she can see a great, wide lazy bend of the Thames, and on the other side, a fringe of acid-green willows, boathouses and the well-kept grass of the Civil Service ...

Deadline for spring gardening chores approaching rapidly

June 03, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

"Do now or don't do" time has arrived for central U.S. residents who work in their yard and garden. "June 1 is typically a good deadline to be finished with any spring plantings--annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees," said Emily Nolting, horticulturist with Kansas State University Research and Extension. "Of course, planting ...

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There’s more to a lawn than watching grass grow

WHEN'S the last time you thought about your lawn? If you're like me, you probably can't answer that question with any confidence. I'm not sure I've ever really thought about my

Fill garden with beauty

As you start digging in the garden this spring, you may want to consider planting ornamental grasses. Hundreds of different kinds of ornamental grasses can grow from a few inches to

Question And Answer About Gardening

By Nancy Brachey Q: A flower blooms this time of year in lawns of many of the older homes in the Myers Park area of Charlotte. The leaves are grass-like and

A spring tuneup for your lawn: Give the grass a good rake and clean up flower beds

It's spring, and you know what that means -- it's time to get your hands dirty. Time to rake up the lawn, dig the flowers out from blown leaves and aerate
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