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GARDENING: Start planning in the garden

BY Joyce RussellA NEW year and a new start! This means that you can make some new decisions for the 2023 garden and do a little planning to make them happen. An option may be as simple as choosing some different varieties of seed to sow this year, or it may extend to turning your
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My gardening story

Or the diary of a beginner!
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Smart Plant Selection for Long-Lived Gardens

The key to a healthy, long-lived garden that you don’t have to totally restock
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Swords To Plowshares: Turning Gun Parts Into Gardening Implements

A mix of parishioners and interested local residents gathered in the crisp air around a pair of anvils in the parking lot of Newtown Congregational Church last Sunday afternoon.
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GARDEN COLUMN: Making use of seed catalogs (copy)

If you have an interest in gardening, chances are you are beginning to receive seed catalogs whose colors brighten any mailbox.
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Master Gardeners: Tips for successful container gardening

Editor’s note: This is part one of a three-part series on container gardening.
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Gardening Central Mass.: Finding joy at the bottom of a compost pile

In the U.S., organic material we could compost — produce peels, eggshells and more — makes up 20 to 30 percent of what we throw away.
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GARDENING: THE SWEETEST POTATO

Growing a sweet potato vine will allow you to not only use the vegetable in your cuisine but will also beautify your garden wi…
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The Danish garden slowly comes back to life

Our Danish garden is busy with birds as we gather firewood.
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Myriads Botanical Gardens Hosts Art Exhibit For Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Oklahoma City’s Myriad Botanical Garden is honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by giving a voice to local artists and filling the lobby walls with artwork paying homage to Black history.