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Servicing my watering needs

April 23rd, 2007 by Craig Levy · 1 Comment 

I had a conversation with a gardening friend about watering the other day. We each have strong personalities and the talk was lively and interesting, filled with opinions and advice. When the time came for “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours” I did and I’ll share them with you too.
I have spent […]

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Early Pruning

March 18th, 2007 by Rundy · 7 Comments 

Pruning the apple trees is a rite of spring. In past years I had a tendency to get started late and finish in a somewhat hurried splurge of activity–tinged with a bit of panic that perhaps I wouldn’t get it done in time. This year I had to take a different approach.
Since I’m no longer […]

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Uh-oh. Look who’s coming to dinner!

November 28th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 5 Comments 

This is one of the better reasons for trimming back all your perennials in the fall. Less hidey-holes for the resident rodents. There are probably half a dozen of these holes in the Birthday Garden alone, and there are plenty in my other garden beds, too.
Where’s a feral cat when you need one? Or an […]

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Frost, a Gardener’s Good Friend

November 26th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 6 Comments 

Barbara Damrosch makes the case that frost is a gardener’s good friend. She points out that the action of frost on the soil helps to break it up and improve it, and gives suggestions on how to use this to your advantage. This is a more workable idea for vegetable gardens than for perennial beds, […]

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Hello, Winter; Good-bye, Autumn

November 5th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 15 Comments 

This is what greeted my eyes Friday (Nov. 3) morning: the first snow this season that remained on the ground instead of melting on contact. After the freak snowstorms in Buffalo and elsewhere, it’s rather yawn-inspiring, I know, but it does help one turn one’s face like flint toward the coming storms. No more remaining […]

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Gardening Explained. On Film.

October 29th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 2 Comments 

News flash: There is a snowdrop that blooms in the fall, Galanthus reginae-olgae, Queen Olga’s snowdrop. Wayne Winterrowd and Joe Eck, in the most excellent A Year at North Hill: Four Seasons in a Vermont Garden, confirm that
It does indeed bloom in the snow, the first snow, which generally comes about the last week in […]

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Help from Minnesota

October 4th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 1 Comment 

The latest edition of Yard & Garden Line News, put out by the University of Minnesota Extension Service, is so full of handy information I’m tempted to quote the whole thing.
First, there’s a thought-provoking article on whether or not to wrap young trees to prevent sun scald. As with so many recommended practices in […]

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