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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – An end to the annual garden talkWednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 9:48AMEvery year the same scene is played out down at the hardware store by the serious gardeners in town. One group - always wanting to be first at everything, especially gardening - insists on planting their tomato seeds as early in May as possible.

Spring brings garden daydreams, joys of unpretentious Summit MaibockWednesday, April 6, 2011 @ 7:06PMMy memory is a fickle thing when it comes to gardening. As a kid, I had no great love of winter but I dreaded spring. Sure, it meant the imminent end of the school year, fewer back-of-the-head snowballs on the playground and the heady, sugar-fueled Easter holiday, but it also meant the start of Gardening Season.

It's time to get down and dirtyWednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 5:23PMHere’s the first essay in a new series on gardening in Kansas City. Check back every two weeks or so for the latest on what’s happening in the Imperfect Gardener’s backyard.

Mary Ann Esposito: The Ten Easiest Vegetables To Plant in Your GardenThursday, March 3, 2011 @ 5:42PMThe calendar may say that spring is still a couple of weeks away, but for me the gardening season began to heat up in earnest in January when seed catalogs began arriving daily in my mailbox.

Editorial: Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day prediction gives superstitious some hope for springFriday, February 4, 2011 @ 2:11AMIt’s official. We’re in for an early spring. At least that’s what Punxsutawney Phil indicated on Wednesday when the famous groundhog was plucked from his burrow to make his annual weather prediction.

Some final thoughts on gardening catalogsThursday, February 3, 2011 @ 1:16AMI know January is the traditional catalog month, and that we are finally in the day-lengthening month of February, but I received so much e-mail on the subject of catalogs that I am compelled to finish up with them.

Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Garden volunteers have big plans for 2011Sunday, January 9, 2011 @ 10:49PMLast summer, I wrote about Matt Troth, who was doing the lion’s share of the work planting, tending and harvesting thousands of pounds of produce at First Christian Church’s Community Garden. This year, just as seed catalogs arrive in mailboxes across the country, Toth and his small crew have upped their goal. Having produced 3,200 pounds the first year, Troth now has his sights set on producing ...

New herbaceous plants for a new yearMonday, January 3, 2011 @ 11:34AMA New Year and time to drool over new plants. After November’s arctic blast, we’re probably all in the same boat — realizing our futures hold more than the usual spring plant buying.

Van Puttes sow the seeds of successFriday, December 3, 2010 @ 4:31AMVan Putte Gardens, a garden and landscaping business in Greece, is in its 62nd year.