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February Garden Chores For 2013

Posted in general gardening, monthly chores

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

Posted in general gardening, monthly chores

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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On a Cold Winter’s Night: Indoor Bulbs

Posted in about the flowers, bulbs, indoor plants, Winter

It is so hard for a gardener to lock up the growing season for winter, even when the platoons of garden catalogs begin marching in from...

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Winter Outlines Garden Bones

Posted in Featured Articles, garden design, trees, Winter

Winter is a stark time for most of us in a temperate climate. Doubly so when a fresh snowfall creates lines and shapes, filled in with...

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Ten Winter Features

Posted in Now In The Garden, plants, shrubs, trees

Everyone has their opinion of what makes something a joy to the eye. In winter everything is finely edited by our cold weather and killing...

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Contorted Hazel

Posted in Featured Articles, landscaping, plants, trees, Winter

Preeminent for winter interest, the Contorted Hazel, Contorted Filbert, or ‘Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick’ all add up to...

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5 Choices for Living Christmas Trees

Posted in Now In The Garden, plant lists, trees, Winter

You have to plan a little early for success with living Christmas trees. Dig your planting hole before the ground freezes and be sure to keep your soil in unheated storage. Decide which tree you wish to put into your landscape plan this year.

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