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June 06, 2007
By: Momoy
Category: Garden
Q: How do I discourage cats from using my garden as a litter box?
A: That is, how can you get cats to stop answering the call of nature in your particular corner of nature? This is a matter to which I have applied plenty of thought and experimentation.
It seems uncanny that a cat always finds [...]
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April 29, 2007
By: Momoy
Category: Flowers, Plants
If you’ve driven south through Illinois, Indiana, or Missouri in March, the wonder of spring flowering trees surely has refreshed your winter soul. Especially resplendent is Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida), which abounds in Zone 6, one zone south. It grows here, too, but with neither the vigor nor abundance seen in a warmer clime.
Dogwood trees [...]
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April 13, 2007
By: Momoy
Category: Garden
By Jane Lappin and Adrienne Woodduck
As the dreary winter is ushered out, the lively blossoms of spring-blooming bulbs quench our thirst for color and tell us that the world of nature is reawakening. From below a wet, brown blanket of last autumn’s rotting leaves, tiny flowers of early-blooming bulbs will burst [...]
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March 21, 2007
By: Momoy
Category: Events, Flowers
To make a Japanese-influenced garden these days, you have to do more than buy a stone lantern and plant some dwarf evergreens.
American gardeners today are much more sophisticated.
The “Asian fusion” gardening of 2007 is more about the principles of the Japanese or Chinese garden — simplicity and serenity — and less about making an exact [...]
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March 16, 2007
By: Momoy
Category: Garden
This winter has been extremely cold in the Napa Valley. For several weeks before the end of January, temperatures dipped well below freezing. This rare extreme weather gave me a new appreciation for oranges.
Having lived surrounded by orange groves during World War II, I found an orange in my lunch bag every day, and that [...]
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This attractive, evergreen tree grows 10 to 12 feet with a spread of 8 to 10 feet. The thick, leathery, dark green leaves are 2 to 4 inches long and
Reader B.R. Olsen of Staunton writes, "My garden space cannot be located farther than 50 feet from a grove of black walnut trees. Is there any type of tomato that
Fancy and lance-leafed varieties are the two main types of caladiums. Fancy-leafed types have large heart-shaped leaves, grow best in semishade, and may reach a height of 12 to 30
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"To grow healthy plants you must control pests and disease before they control your garden."
Insects and disease in this Region are numerous but only a few of these will affect
Mature Height/Spread: Magnolias range from the small star magnolia to the massive southern magnolia.
Growth Rate: The growth rate of magnolias depends on the species.
Ornamental Features: Most magnolias are valued for
Have you ever noticed that parks and wooded areas often seem cooler than a street landscape? It isn't just your imagination: shade from trees can reduce surrounding air temperatures by
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