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  • GREAT GARDENER GIFTS

    When you give the gift of seeds, you also give the miracle of life bundled up in those tiny living packages. Give seeds to non-gardeners and who knows what might happen? You might give a gift of passion. Many passionate gardeners grow from a tiny seed....

  • COOL GARDENING

    It is so pleasant outdoors this time of year; it is difficult to stay in front of the computer. A couple of weeks ago, I spent some valuable time outdoors removing the "Blackie" sweet potato vines from the front yard beds. These turned out to be the vin...

  • AMARYLLIS-HOW TO POT AND GROW

    It’s that time of year when your amaryllis bulbs (Hippeastrum) should be ordered right away or brought out of their summer rest. Start them in mid-November so that they will have flowers galore by Christmas. If you are starting with fresh bulbs, plan...

  • MARGOT ROCHESTER

    Writers, gardeners, and gardener wannabe’s lost a good friend last week. So did I. Many retirees think that they have paid their dues and earned their place in the sun. Not Margot Rochester. She retired from teaching High School English after 28 ye...

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Gardeners' Quotes

"What’s it to you whether or not we have an orderly, scientifically sound method for cataloguing plants and animals? Not much. But it comes in awfully handy for scientists who, up until the middle of the eighteenth century, had to say something like ‘that little yellow flower with the spots on its petals’ every time they wanted to compare notes," The Linnaean System of Taxonomic Classification, Judy Jones and William Wilson, An Incomplete Education

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