Articles filed under Gardening
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Not all ergonomic tools are created equalMay 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Gardeners with painful disabilities needn't have such a tough row to hoe. Nearly one in five U.S. adults -- some 46 million people -- has arthritis, according to the Cen...
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London garden devoted to 'quiet Beatle'May 23, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Beatlemania erupted at London's Chelsea Flower Show as Ringo Starr rolled up in a gaudily painted Mini to join George Harrison's widow for the opening of a gar...
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Why do we love gardening? Let's count the waysMay 23, 2008 11:00 pm - After more than three decades of garden writing and much longer as a gardener, I'm seeing a new phenomenon. Gardeners and would-be gardeners seem to be losing self-conf...
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Scale insects can cause a sticky situationMay 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Is your floor or furniture feeling sticky these days? That could be a sign of an insect pest on your houseplants, one that you'd hardly notice otherwise. That sticky st...
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Perennials: You can depend on plantsMay 23, 2008 11:00 pm - It's always great to see gardening books written especially for our area. Anthony W. Kahtz, author of "Perennials for Midwestern Gardens," (Timber Press, $29.95) lives i...
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You say gardens don't interest kids?May 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Don't let your kids see the May/June issue of Midwest Living. They'll want the featured Fun House from a North Shore suburb. The contemporary home fashioned from a borin...
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Ditch the bark, try a living mulchMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Mulch is practical but not particularly ornamental. I'm OK with mulched rows in the vegetable garden, but in my flower gardens I'd rather look at plants than a sea of m...
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Window boxes bring flowers to a new levelMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - They bring color and fragrance right up to my doorstep, next to my patio furniture, and just outside my windows. They are easy to maintain, and I can inexpensively repla...
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Community gardens on the riseMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - For her supply of fresh vegetables, Arlene Stagg goes to a plot where she can tend the land with like-minded residents of Le Sueur, Minn. The city, population 4,276, ha...
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Antique prints still fresh for today's decorMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The strong and enduring attraction of antique botanical and bird prints is mysterious. Why are they always in style, never old-fashioned, generation after generation? An...