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Mention the word pruning to any gardener, and most will automatically think of tree and shrub pruning. Yet, there are other plants you should be pruning this time of year – your tomatoes. Tomato...
DATE: Aug. 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living
One of the maple trees in my yard is looking like fall has arrived because it is already turning red. Since I know it’s way too early for that to happen naturally, that appearance is usually caused...
DATE: July 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living
It’s the time in the growing season when that spectacular hanging basket you got for Mother’s Day or the bedding plants you put in a few weeks ago begin to look a little weary. Watering problems...
DATE: June 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
If you hate weeds as much as we do at our house, you look for any available method to keep them at bay. One of my favorites is the use of weed barrier. Weed barrier is a thick, woven material. The...
DATE: June 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living
If you are like many of us, you are starting to plant your vegetable garden right about now. One of the most popular vegetables are homegrown tomatoes and what a summer delight they are! Rich,...
DATE: May 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living
Stories are found in the diaries of early settlers about transporting cuttings of lilacs across the rough, unsettled country and then planting them at the door of their newly established homesteads...
DATE: May 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living
Our wet winter has provided us with a glorious spring and of the current show is courtesy of flowering crab apple trees. Blooming from April to June, in the past crab apples have gotten a bad rap...
DATE: May 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living
After you’ve fertilized your lawn, the next chore for the season is to fertilize your trees. Ideally, this should be done before they begin to break dormancy in the spring, and as cool as this...
DATE: April 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living
With spring right around the corner, those dormant trees, shrubs and perennials you have in your yard will be starting to wake up soon. Many a gardener has pulled out a plant that appears dead,...
DATE: Feb. 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living
Although tulips, daffodils, and crocus are the first flowers to bloom each spring, you can capture that beauty through the winter months as well. Forcing bulbs is a sure fire way to bring this...
DATE: Nov. 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
The end of October means that the gardening season is almost over for most of us. Yet there are still a few garden chores that remain before you are ready to hang up your shovel for the season....
DATE: Oct. 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
In our part of the world, cold nights can happen in just about any month of the year. As we move from the warm, sunny days of summer toward winters chill, the National Weather Service will often...
DATE: Oct. 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
