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Book Review: The Ultimate Guide to Urban Farming

Karen August 14, 2020 0 Comments

Urban farming is not new but to many it is daunting and outside their comfort range. Nicole Faires shares her knowledge of the subject in her book, The Ultimate Guide…

Garden Pests and diseases

Garden Pests: Chipmunks and Their Control

Karen November 13, 2014 0 Comments

Chipmunks can be an amusing asset to a garden. Their small size, attractive coloration and frenetic search for food make them very entertaining as they dash around stopping only to…

Garden Pests and diseases

Garden Pests: Pocket Gophers and How to Control Them

Karen July 24, 2014 0 Comments

If you have ever had gophers in your garden you know what a terrible menace they can be. They dig extensive tunnels, eating roots as they go, even pulling plants…

Garden Pests and diseases

Beneficial Insects and How to Attract Them: Trichogramma Wasps

Karen June 12, 2014 0 Comments

Found throughout the world, the 800 species of Trichoigramma feed on the insect eggs especially moths and butterflies. Several species feed on the eggs of over 200 different garden pests,…

Garden Pests and diseases

Interesting Facts About Leaf Miners as an Aid in Control

Karen August 6, 2013 0 Comments

Have you ever noticed the light colored squiggly lines on the leaves of your favorite plant? Chances are they are caused by leaf miners. Leaf miners are the larvae of…

Garden Books

Book Review: Deer-Resistant Landscaping: Proven Advice and Strategies for Outwitting Deer and 20 Other Pesky Mammals

Karen June 1, 2012 0 Comments

The morning I saw that the deer and eaten some of my favorite old garden rose bushes almost to ground I declared war on Bambi and his mom. Of course,…

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Meadow Garden: Tall Native Grasses

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Plants for a Mary Garden: Lamb’s Ear (Stachys byzantina) “Our Lady’s Fingers”

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