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Gardening News and Tips

News and Tips for backyard gardens, water features, and patio planters

07/23/2008 12:24 PM
We are still in the garden this week, harvesting all those summer fruits and vegetables. The green onions are at their peak, the spinach and leaf lettuce are thinning out, the asparagus is all but gone. But the rhubarb is going strong and there are ...

07/23/2008 11:06 AM
Q: I'd like to try making insect repellent with feverfew, but am having a hard time finding any. I noticed you wrote that you have some in your garden, so I thought you might know where I might find some. A: Feverfew is Tanacetum parthenium, formerly ...

07/23/2008 12:03 PM
Nine residential ponds and gardens in northwest Detroit and the Focus: HOPE park will be on the sixth annual Metro Detroit Pond and Garden Club tour 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. One stop will be at club president and koi enthusiast Dennis Long's backyard ...

07/23/2008 02:47 PM
More often than not, the heat and humidity of summer are easier to bear with a cool, refreshing drink in hand. But move beyond the boring old standbys of iced tea and lemonade this summer, and step into the world of smoothies and juice blends. And we ...

07/22/2008 12:08 AM
Many years ago, when I was travelling by boat in southern India, the river we were floating down flowed into an enormous lake, its surface covered with pink and white water lilies, as far as the eye could see. I remember drifting among them for a ...

07/22/2008 12:08 AM
Leyland cypress must be one of the most controversial plants: it is viewed either as a godsend that swiftly provides privacy, or a rogue that cannot be tamed, robbing the garden of light and moisture and offering no quarter to wildlife. Leyland and ...

07/23/2008 11:13 AM
Listen to Walter Reeves Saturday mornings on NewsTalk 750 WSB-AM from 6 to 10. Call 404-872-0750 to ask questions. His Web site, walterreeves.com , contains thousands of answers to lawn and landscape questions. Watch "Gardening in Georgia" each week ...

07/23/2008 02:26 PM
SEATTLE — Seattle is teeming with healthy foods, sold from farmer's markets and high-end grocery stores. But not in Robert Jeffrey's neighborhood. Crime and housing foreclosures abound in the city's Central District, and the best-known eating spot ...

07/23/2008 02:12 PM
MIAMI — The sabal palm, Florida's state tree, is under attack by a microscopic killer that has scientists stumped. An unknown but growing number of sabal palms in the Tampa Bay area have died from a mysterious disease that researchers are ...

07/23/2008 09:32 AM
Coni Horsager, a 10-year-member of the Sheyenne Valley Garden Club and also president for four years, says she was exposed to gardening early in life, much like Carol Knutson, another member and former president of the club. Both had grandmothers who ...

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