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Take steps to strengthen summertime plants

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

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 it’s finally warm enough to [...]

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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 playing fields.
It is the more [...]

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 can continue well into June. [...]

Deadline for spring gardening chores approaching rapidly

June 02, 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 can continue well into June. [...]

8 tips for urban gardeners

June 01, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Gardening can be tricky. Choosing plants and fertilizer is enough to overwhelm many aspiring green thumbs, let alone the thought of lifelong horticultural maintenance. City-dwellers have it especially rough — space is limited, light is low, and trees hog all the rainwater. But according to Scott Endres, co-owner of Tangletown Gardens, there’s hope for even [...]

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