May Chores 2013: Time To Get Out The Gardening Tools
It has a been quite a cold spring in many areas of the country, and Ohio, while fluctuating wildly, has had cooler weather for most of...
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March Garden Chores For 2013
For Gardeners, March spells spring. This is the beginning of our growing season in Ohio: the trees bud, the bulbs begin blooming, the...
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5 Easy Plants To Root From Cuttings
An easy way to increase plants is to root cuttings. Here are five plants that are so easy to root that all you have to do is stick a...
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February Garden Chores For 2013
February in Ohio is the prime month to plant seeds indoors. Getting a headstart on such plants as tomatoes and pepper, as well as many...
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January Garden Chores For 2013
January arrived with the steep drop in temperatures that I had come to expect from a lifetime in Ohio. What wasn’t normal was the...
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December Garden Chores For 2012
This being an unusually mild December for Ohio, all the garden chores of November are possible in this month as long as the mild...
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November Garden Chores For 2012
November is often your last chance to do serious garden work in Ohio. If you haven’t readied your mowers and tools for winter...
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October Garden Chores For 2012
October in 2012 is beautiful in Ohio, and this month has brought much needed rain to the area. The ground and temperatures are still fine...
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September Garden Chores For 2012
This September is looking to be one of the best in memory. The temperatures and weather just seem perfect, and if we continue to get soft...
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August Chores, 2012
Task Reminders As in July’s Chore list, all the tasks that hot and dry conditions create will be first and foremost in this month:...
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Ilona’s Garden Guide Post
When should you prune? What were the steps to planting this new tree? How do I plant this flat of annuals ….? If you have questions...
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July Chores Compiled For 2012
Task Reminders Every July two things are sure in the Midwest: some of the hottest temperatures of the year will hit, and the garden will...
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Handy List of Plant Lists
Nothing has been more helpful to me than having a list of plants for specific situations.These lists were often included in the Appendix...
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The Art of Digging a Hole for a Tree
…and fill it up again with a newly planted tree Every good garden book and article that gives advice on how to plant a shrub or tree...
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Decluttering Your Garden
Yes, I have a problem with clutter, why do you ask? My garden gets cluttered like everything else, and like everything else, I have...
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Butterfly Garden, Make Your Yard A Destination
Butterfly gardens are simply a collection of plants, butterfly friendly methods, and the addition of a few special features. Anyone can...
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For Dry Spaces : Plant List
One of the most valuable pieces of plant information is a list of plants for a particular growing condition. There are always certain...
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Avian Friends : Plant List
Quicklist of plants to use in your efforts to make your gardens more environmentally friendly. There are repetitions in the lists when...
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Tough Plants for Tough Places
What do we do with those problems areas? Well, we might just want to pave them, but what if we need a few green things growing there? Here...
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Your Viewsheds
In a very real way your garden is the connection between you and your surroundings. That has a number of different perspectives, including...
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