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Living, healthy dirt at the heart of organic gardening
Full Story published 7/3/2009 11:59 PM
Gardeners who want super-tolerant, thrive-on-neglect plants often consider day lilies (Hemerocallis) to be the perfect perennial. While they are fully winter hardy, tolerate drought, and have few serious disease and insect problems, it's the incredible selection of colors that excite both novices and experts alike.
Full Story published 7/3/2009 11:59 PM
Chrysanthemums run the gamut, from bushy mounds covered with blossoms to stately, upright plants capped by one or just a few humongous blooms. Their colors and forms of flowers are equally variable.
Full Story published 7/3/2009 11:59 PM
Cub Scouts promise to help other people at all times, and that's just what a pack from Gilberts is doing by joining the Daily Herald's Giving Garden campaign.
Full Story published 7/3/2009 11:59 PM
We all need to spend more time in our gardens. The benefits to body and soul are many. Planting, watering and weeding burn considerably more calories than watching TV. Strolling through the garden at the end of a long, hard day is a great way to relieve stress.
Full Story published 7/3/2009 11:59 PM
Three big issues come to mind when organic gardening is discussed. How should we deal with fertilizer, weeds and insects and other pests? Here are tips we gathered from people on the front lines: organic gardeners themselves.
Full Story published 7/3/2009 11:59 PM
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