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Ordering seeds brings promise Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:13PMThe long cold days made me revert to thinking and dreaming about my garden rather than doing much so I got out my catalogs, cranked up the Web and ordered seeds with great expectations.
Getting a jump on early season vegetables Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 5:11PMIf you haven’t started early season vegetables yet, don’t be afraid to do so now. The peas, spinach and beets (for early salad mixes) I planted two weeks ago are already up. They have been outside but in the greenhouse, a small portable type, with no additional bottom heat.
Front door: YouTube video shows where to get the look for less Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 4:35PMHaupt Antiek compares occasional sale wares with higher end store options.
Slice of Life: To dream an improbable dream Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:35PMBy Karen Wheeler, Slice of Life It is the first day of March, and I take out a blank piece of paper and sharpen my pencil. Outside the window, winter is dripping off the roof and I watch the water slither across the driveway and disappear down into the street drain. I couldn’t be happier. If you ask me, the ice and snow have long outstayed their welcome. read more
Gardening workshop scheduled March 20 Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 10:10AMMaster Gardeners of the Ozarks will host its annual Spring Gardening Workshop from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. March 20 at Branson United Methodist Church on west Highway 76.
Tough plants are required in the war against pests Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:46AMResistant varieties need less chemical defense Invasive pests, diseases present serious threats
Clear the way for spring in the March garden Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:38PMAnticipation typically draws first breath with the arrival of the seed catalogs and is reinforced with the February bud swell. Daffodils add to the sensory mix, defying winter as they break from their seasonal sleep and push toward intermittent sun.
CHRIS SMITH: New Edibles Guide Out Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:01AMRiding the giant wave of enthusiasm for grow-your-own food, the editors of Sunset magazine have just delivered its newest guide, the “Western Garden Book of Edibles.” Like its well known predecessor, the more comprehensive “Sunset Western Garden Book,” WGBE seems intended as a general reference. You might want to have one for the same reason you’d have an encyclopedia, to access concentrated ...
Sears Outlet Announces New Store Opening in Dublin, OH Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:56AMSears Holdings announced today the opening of a new Sears Outlet location at 6020 Sawmill Rd in Dublin, OH.
Nordstrom to Add Mini Boden Children's Collection to 57 Additional Locations for Spring 2010 Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 3:17PMSeattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. announced that it will add the Mini Boden children's wear collection to 57 additional stores as well its online store beginning mid-February. The fashion specialty retailer is the first store in the United States to carry the British children's clothing brand known for its bright colors and fun sense of style.
A DIY seed starter: As you saw, so shall you reap Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:03PMWASHINGTON -- Gardeners are at that annual seasonal threshold called seed starting, which is an unexpectedly fiddly enterprise that takes some experience to get right.
On The Job - Chris Bates Feature Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 11:17AMThe new guy walks in, pulls up a chair and starts talking about the old days. He talks; you listen. For an hour, this goes on. He talks about his life, all of it, about his parents, how he first came to the sport of lacrosse, all those bad jobs he had when he first graduated college.
Around Your Town Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:50AMAround Your Town lists nonprofit events open to the public. Please send your items two weeks in advance to cityeditor@svherald.com . High on the Desert Gardening & Landscaping Conference will be today and Friday at the Windemere Hotel. Cost is $100 for two days and $65 for one day. For details, call 458-8278, Ext. 2141. NAMI Walks 2010 kickoff will be from 5:30 to 7 ...
Design and plan your garden Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:20AMKENNEBUNK — February is the month when gardeners dream of spring and their gardens. Don't just browse through seed catalogs, take a few hours right now to plan your garden with the help of expert Cindy Brockway.
Küche+Cucina Awarded 5 times "Best of Show" Design from Signature Kitchen & Bath Magazine Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 1:00AMKüche+Cucina have been designing award winning kitchens and home interiors, throughout the NY metropol'n area, since 1986. They have won a variety of design awards, including the "Best of Show" Design Award from Signature Kitchen & Bath Magazine – 5 times (last time in 2009)! The company was selected by House & Garden Magazine to design the kitchen at the Havemeyer Mansion Showhouse.
Tips for fighting last push from Old Man Winter Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 12:07AMThis has been a long, cold winter for the Chicago area, one in which even the hardiest of souls find themselves looking out for the first signs of robins and other traces of spring. For those who don't care for the colder months, the end of February can be unbearable after three months of winter.
Don Davis: New flowers make their debut in 2010 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 6:01PMYou can expect new flowers to appear on the market every year. Several of the new varieties for 2010 seem good enough to mention here.
A.L.L. hosts garden study group Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 11:43AMSARATOGA SPRINGS — Are you tired of winter and looking forward to getting out in the garden? Have you paged through your seed catalogs for the 100th time and can’t wait to get your hands in the soil?
Home-grown business near Mansfield stays busy filling orders of heirloom seeds Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 7:47PMMansfield -- During the first few months of each new year they arrive, like clockwork, in our wintertime mailboxes.
Seed catalogs offer gardeners a glimpse of spring Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 4:02AMPlanting season in much of the country is still more than three months away. And if you're a garden enthusiast, you're probably hoping for spring even more because you're looking through all the mail-order seed catalogs, planning your garden.
Food for thought for gardeners Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 3:33AMLast year was a challenging growing season by anyone's measure. Yet an astounding 43 million food gardens were planted in the U.S., and an impressive eight million of those gardens were tended by first-time gardeners. Vegetable seed sales increased by 20 to 80 percent over previous years. In England the traditional ratio of 30 percent vegetable seeds sold to 70 percent flowers has reversed in ...
Snow flowers Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 12:11PMSeen from the window, the snow in the backyard is a thick icing of white on the once green grass. A few sets of small animal tracks crisscross the crusty surface. The bare brown limbs of the French pussy willow I planted near the strawberry bed are starkly contrasted by the blinding white backdrop.
Dos, don'ts for winter, spring Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 4:32AMThe following tips can save you time and money and make your landscape more enjoyable this year.
Yard and Garden: Winter gardening in these Arctic climes Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 12:30AMYou may find it hard to believe just now, but Lincoln’s Birthday marks the beginning of the gardening season in Illinois. That is when a good gardener should begin thinking about pruning, especially small flowering trees and vines. You will notice that I wrote “thinking.”
Lexington in Bloom contest springs back to life Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 12:29AMLexington in Bloom, the citywide beautification contest for homes and businesses sponsored by the
New gardeners need help choosing vegetable varieties Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 9:51PMWhen it comes to choosing the best carrot variety to grow in your garden, the last place a first-year gardener needs to go is a seed catalog -- or at least most of them.
GARDENING: Get started now planning your garden Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 2:31AMIn the last few columns, you've learned how the annual plant displays at Minnetrista are planned and ways that you can get creative with growing vegetables. But what about perennials? Selecting perennials can be overwhelming -- there are just so many to choose from. How do we do it at Minnetrista?
GARDENING: Get started now planning your garden Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 2:31AMIn the last few columns, you've learned how the annual plant displays at Minnetrista are planned and ways that you can get creative with growing vegetables. But what about perennials? Selecting perennials can be overwhelming -- there are just so many to choose from. How do we do it at Minnetrista?
GARDENING: Get started now planning your garden Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 2:31AMIn the last few columns, you've learned how the annual plant displays at Minnetrista are planned and ways that you can get creative with growing vegetables. But what about perennials? Selecting perennials can be overwhelming -- there are just so many to choose from. How do we do it at Minnetrista?
My Garden by Kevin Henkes: Chocolate rabbits, plaid sunflowers Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 12:10AMInside the front cover of My Garden, the new picture book by local author Kevin Henkes, the Library of Congress dryly catalogs it as "Gardens - Fiction." That's an understatement. The wide-eyed, straw-hatted little girl in the book imagines a garden in which jellybean bushes flourish and flowers reappear immediately after being picked.
My Garden by Kevin Henkes: Chocolate rabbits, plaid sunflowers Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 12:10AMInside the front cover of My Garden, the new picture book by local author Kevin Henkes, the Library of Congress dryly catalogs it as "Gardens - Fiction." That's an understatement. The wide-eyed, straw-hatted little girl in the book imagines a garden in which jellybean bushes flourish and flowers reappear immediately after being picked.
My Garden by Kevin Henkes: Chocolate rabbits, plaid sunflowers Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 12:10AMInside the front cover of My Garden, the new picture book by local author Kevin Henkes, the Library of Congress dryly catalogs it as "Gardens - Fiction." That's an understatement. The wide-eyed, straw-hatted little girl in the book imagines a garden in which jellybean bushes flourish and flowers reappear immediately after being picked.
Funerary urns as modern art Saturday, February 13, 2010 @ 12:56PMThey may be cast in steel, assembled out of driftwood, machined on industrial lathes or hand-carved out of salt, but ultimately all of these urns have two common purposes: to contain and to heal. Rather than be burned, buried or sequestered in a columbarium, the vessels are destined for a more visible final resting place -- a mantel, perhaps, or a family room bookshelf, maybe even a spot in the ...
Funerary urns as modern art Saturday, February 13, 2010 @ 12:56PMThey may be cast in steel, assembled out of driftwood, machined on industrial lathes or hand-carved out of salt, but ultimately all of these urns have two common purposes: to contain and to heal. Rather than be burned, buried or sequestered in a columbarium, the vessels are destined for a more visible final resting place -- a mantel, perhaps, or a family room bookshelf, maybe even a spot in the ...
Funerary urns as modern art Saturday, February 13, 2010 @ 12:56PMThey may be cast in steel, assembled out of driftwood, machined on industrial lathes or hand-carved out of salt, but ultimately all of these urns have two common purposes: to contain and to heal. Rather than be burned, buried or sequestered in a columbarium, the vessels are destined for a more visible final resting place -- a mantel, perhaps, or a family room bookshelf, maybe even a spot in the ...
Collection cultivates historical horticulture Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 11:44PMIt was dumb luck that paired Barbara Melera and Michael Twitty. After the two separately attended an event at Monticello, the historic home of Thomas Jefferson, Mr.
It’s time to get moving on pruning, mulching and preparing to plant Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 11:00PMIt’s that time of year again when gardeners stretch and yawn after waking from a long winter nap. We have been enjoying the holidays and warming ourselves by the fire. Some of us have been perusing seed catalogs and garden magazines, but for most of us actual gardening has been minimal. Well, that is all about to come to an end. Even though the spring warming hasn’t arrived yet, there is much to ...
Take a trip down memory lane with heirloom seeds Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 9:07PMWhen it comes to heirloom varieties, gardeners get the added bonus of learning a little horticultural history.
Xeriscaping supports water conservation, improves the land Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 8:21AMIt’s February, and gardening is more frequently crossing my mind. I have been reading about new concepts in the gardening area and xeriscaping seems to be popping up more and more. What is that, anyway?
Glassed gardens make comeback Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 2:36AMThe last time terrariums were in fashion, so were tie-dye shirts and love beads. "They were big in the '70s, then kind of died out," said Mary Beth Gullickson, a horticulturist and designer for Bachman's floral and garden company in Minneapolis.
Valerie Easton: Update Your Garden for Spring...What's Modern Now? Wednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 8:45PMThe East coast is digging out, California drying out, and the Northwest basking in a spring so early that the Winter Olympics are bereft of...
Spring is at gardeners’ desks and on their minds Monday, February 8, 2010 @ 9:21PMOn a gardener’s desk in midwinter, you’ll find a bumper crop of inspiration for the season ahead. There in the dog-eared pages of seed catalogs, reference books and gardening magazines, in well-worn notebooks stuffed with plant labels and pressed flowers, the garden is already springing to life. “This is an exciting time,” says Pat Friesen, a Johnson County Extension master gardener who is ...
Tyco Electronics' New .312" Series FASTON Receptacles Available at Digi-Key Corporation Monday, February 8, 2010 @ 8:00AMTHIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.----Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced it has stock on Tyco Electronics’ ergonomically designed .312” series FASTON receptacle connectors.
'Tis the season — to plan your garden Sunday, February 7, 2010 @ 9:14AM'Tis the season... to plan your garden. A number of years ago, I clipped a newspaper cartoon that depicted a man running into his house with his hands full of mail. The word balloon above his head contained his comments: “They’re here! They’re here! The seed catalogs are here!”
Prune hydrangea right after it flowers Friday, February 5, 2010 @ 11:46PMWhen is the best time to prune my oakleaf hydrangea, and how should I go about it? It has gotten much bigger than I anticipated!
Try bamboo for a natural screen wall Wednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 4:37PMAs a horticulturist, bamboo is probably the subject that I receive the most calls and questions about (banana care might be second). So, I figured it might be time to revisit the very first column that I wrote for The State four years ago. Here goes:
Funerary urns as modern art Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 12:09PMThey may be cast in steel, assembled out of driftwood, machined on industrial lathes or hand-carved out of salt, but ultimately all of these urns have two common purposes: to contain and to heal. Rather than be burned, buried or sequestered in a columbarium, the vessels are destined for a more visible final resting place -- a mantel, perhaps, or a family room bookshelf, maybe even a spot in the ...
Needham Community Education introduces winter/spring Adult Education Classes Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 8:03AMAdult Education catalogs for winter/spring 2010 classes have been mailed to all residents.
Excitement mounting over spring flower beds Saturday, January 30, 2010 @ 2:06AMThe catalogs have been arriving for the past couple of weeks.
5 tips on starting plants from seeds Saturday, January 30, 2010 @ 12:10AMStarting plants from seeds is a good way to get a jump on the growing season. It's not too early to begin, and you don't even need a greenhouse to do it -- just a warm, sunny place.