Posted on 31 March 2008 by herb
Interested in growing greener? That would include growing plants native to your local climate, plants that are naturally adapted to the local conditions.
Reducing water consumption is important to many of us, especially for those in dryer climates. A fantastic resource for you guys in the deserts is High Country Gardens. From Santa Fe they offer [...]
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Posted on 29 March 2008 by herb
A few weeks ago I signed up to receive online newsletters or registered at a few dozen gardening and seed catalog purveyors.
As was expected… both my physical and virtual mail boxes are now full. That was predictable. What I wasn’t ready for were the beautiful pictures and wealth of information in these catalogs. It’s all [...]
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Posted on 21 March 2008 by herb
Getting ready for planting season is a time of preparation and reading up on techniques and new plants that you might try this year. Have you decided to go green with your gardening efforts this year?
Composting is a major part of reusing materials. Yes, our mantra reduce, reuse, recycle can be put to work in [...]
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Posted on 20 March 2008 by herb
Any readers out there in Pennsylvania — take a look at your local county conservation district. Find yours by going to the Pennsylvania Conservation District Directory and jumping over to your county district’s website, or one of a neighboring county. Look for a link to the seedling or tree seedling sales they hold now for [...]
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Posted on 19 February 2008 by herb
I’ve been collecting seed and flower catalog information over the last few days. The Internet has so much to offer that it’s pretty easy to be overwhelmed by the amount of information out there.
To make it a little easier to find the information about the offerings of the different gardening catalog companies, I’m creating a [...]
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