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Feb 10 2016
This process will help get rid of aphids. But whatever you do, please avoid using any synthetic insecticides!
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Jan 18 2016

Wonderful, marvelous, vegetable seeds.

They evoke the promise of bountiful beans, beaming beets, crunchy carrots, smashing squash, and mouthwatering watermelons. Every year we peruse the…

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Jan 3 2016

A favorite time of year for me at our small nursery was bareroot season. My father built wooden open-top boxes that would hold the sawdust…

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Dec 5 2015

Communing with soil microbes is the order of the day.  We know a fraction of what these tiny animals do to aid in plant growth. …

Research Articles
Nov 22 2015

Let’s consider two ideas for garden plant frost protection that are neither mechanical, nor traditional.

Tender or frost susceptible plants run the gamut, from those…

Research Articles
Nov 5 2015

The word “evergreen” usually evokes images of evergreen types such as pine, fir, spruce, junipers, arborvitae, cedar, and the ever popular yew. Evergreen perennials keep their…