Le Mars woman keeps gardening tradition growing (Le Mars Daily Sentinel)
Lynn Bohnenkamp has gardening in her blood. “Grandpa taught me seed planting,” the Le Mars woman said. “Mother always planted. We were always in the garden.”
April gardening chores
Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan It’s such a cliche to talk about April showers and May flowers, but in truth, most Long Island towns do get more precipitation in April than during any other month of the year. And because I don’t particularly enjoy standing out in the garden with a hose, I appreciate it when God does my watering for me. Keep an eye out for tulips, daffodils and pansies, but don’t be tempted to buy the summer annuals that will spring up at nurseries this month. It’s too early to pla
Tightwad Tuesday-Frugal Gardening Tips
Are you tired of gardening posts yet? Me either! Here is another post today to help keep your expenses down during your gardening season. Start your garden from seedlings instead of buying plants from the nursery. You can save a tremendous amount of money just by growing your own plants. Share and swap seeds and plants with friends. My neighbor has brought me strawberry plants, onion seeds, pepper seeds, tomato seeds.
How To Turn A Lawn Into A Vegetable Garden
by Susan HoneywellIf you have a lawn, you probably wondered often enough why you keep up with such a useless, time-consuming and expensive piece of outdoor landscaping when you could instead have a healthy and productive organic vegetable garden. Now that even the White House is starting a garden, it could be the right time for you as well!Many people who would like to turn to organic vegetable gardening are put off by the idea that it must be a difficult and time-consuming endeavour, and that a
planting flowers (& love) with Sheila Roberts
When it comes to gardening, a girl either has a green thumb or a black one. I’ve always weeded my flowerbeds once a year whether they needed it or not. (Can you tell which category I fall into?) Oh, wait. I take that back. Twice a year—I’d weed them once in Spring and once in Fall, and I saw no problem with this. My old house only had two flowerbeds. I lived in the woods, so who cared about the flowerbeds? Still, looking back I can see why my gardening friends averted their eyes when they w
Make Your Garden The Perfect Rest Area
by Mycroft FinlaysonWhatever the season or month of year, it’s always nice to enjoy sitting out in the garden, spending some time relaxing and appreciating nature. But, once everything is all done and you’ve finished making your garden a beautiful oasis, you just may overlook one very crucial element, a special place in which to sit and admire your work.For this cozy outdoor nook nestled away in the garden, regular patio furniture just doesn’t do the trick for most of us. The majority of patio f
What You Should Know About Landscaping Your Home Backyard
The backyard landscaping may very well be about several different things, however do not forget the most important one, your well being. Most people get into back yard landscape gardening because they want to change the look and feel of their home, they want to make it a wonderful place where their family can feel safe and comfortable at all times. Related posts: A Guide to Landscaping Your Backyard The backyard landscaping may very well be about several different… A Guide to Landscap
Whirlwind gardening week
As March rushes into April, the past week has been a rush of manual labor in my new-baby garden, garden visits, and the excitement of new plants to try out in the garden. Last Saturday, I dragged my family to the Palisades West office complex in southwest Austin for a tour of a private green
Gardening workshop April 18 (The Herald-Mail)
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - The success of a recent sustainable gardening workshop in Hancock has prompted a second event on Saturday, April 18, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse, 1050 Lovelace Way, Martinsburg.
University of Mississippi Museum presents gardening series (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
OXFORD - Lafayette County Master Gardeners’ series of garden lectures continues at noon each of the next four Thursdays at the University of Mississippi Museum. Subtitled “Foreign Affair,” the series focuses on gardening issues of an imported or international nature.
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