4/30/2006
Get rid of your weeds
Perhaps I have stepped over the line when it comes to gardening. It happened recently when I slipped out the door in my old, pink bathrobe to get the newspaper.
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4/23/2006
Old friends return to a spring garden
One of the best things about spring is the awakening of perennial plants, those old friends who come back year after year in our gardens.
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4/9/2006
Gardeners should control their urge to prune
Just watching a confirmed gardener can scare many people away from even the most routine of landscaping, fearing that anything more than minimalist plantings will consume a lifetime. As spring bounds onto the scene and plants awakening, gardeners begin busily pruning, planting, staking, tilling and generally obsessing all over the place.
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3/26/2006
The time has come to bring out the gardening tools
On your mark, get ready, garden sales are here

I love a good sale. Anytime I can get immersed in a crowd, jockeying for the best items, elbows out with a planned route of attack, my adrenaline flows.
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3/19/2006
Get an early start on spring planting
You can tell who the serious early season vegetable gardeners are. They are the people who construct the darndest coverings to provide a few extra weeks worth of growth in the spring. Gardens around town start to look like a rock festival with all of the tents, tunnels, towers and lights springing up.
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3/4/2006
Grow your own ‘spirit’ garden
An abundance of books and garden plans out there can help you create a theme garden. If you desire a garden that is all-blue, all-native or hummingbird-friendly or one that grows the ingredients for pizza, there are plenty of designs and ideas
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