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Friday, May 11th, 2012 by 

Fitting June into the month of May is a different way of thinking for those of us who love the yard and garden. It’s been tough waiting for May 10, the usual frost free date, before setting out annual plants and planting the garden. Maybe history will record a change to this average date as the climate warms.

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Edible Flowers

Monday, May 7th, 2012 by 

Last week I planted several different “edible” flowers in my garden, which still seems to surprise those who’ve never tasted a Nasturtium, so I thought I might write something about it.

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Trim the Bushes – Mow, Aeriate, Fertilize and Herbicode the Lawn – Whew!!!

Friday, April 13th, 2012 by 

Spring brings with it the challenge of yard maintenance. It seems everything needs to be done now. There are shrubs to trim back. The lawn looks like the remains of winter with green beginning to show at the thatch level.

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SPRING OR SUMMER?

Thursday, March 29th, 2012 by 

SPRING OR SUMMER? This seems to be the question of the day. Plants in nature seem to be releasing all the energies usually saved for May a month early. This month can bring great happenings to many or a late freeze can bring much destruction to the plant community

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Mail Order Plants

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 by 

The nursery and garden seed catalogs have been arriving for the past two months. This is the time when I like to spend time checking out new cultivars of vegetables and new varieties of perennials flowers. Honestly, I think the main reason I look through the catalogs is to drool over the picture perfect examples of what I image growing in the yard and garden.

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Salvaged Goods

Friday, January 27th, 2012 by 

I am a fan of salvaged goods. Back in college, we used to have a system of goods exchange. Unwanted items were left in the dormitory hall. Other dorm residents were free to snap up and repurpose the items in a new wardrobe or dorm room.

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Recycling Made Simple

Friday, January 20th, 2012 by 

I am now the proud owner of a new recycling tote from Woodward’s Disposal Service. Our old tub was 18 gallons. This new baby is 96 gallons of recycling space and I intend to fill it up!

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Desk-ology

Friday, January 13th, 2012 by 

Remember that bill that didn’t get paid because you never received it? What about the gift magazine subscription that ran out because you didn’t receive a renewal notice or the important newspaper clipping that disappeared into thin air? The key to reclaiming sanity about lost objects turns out, for me, to be a desk-cleaning frenzy.

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