A Gardener's Thoughts & Fancies

Vegetable Gardens – Good For Your Health & Pocketbook

Given our country’s financial situation – the debt crisis, the drop in our credit rating, the falling stock market and the rising cost of food – it makes perfect sense for the First Lady to turn a portion of the White House lawn into a vegetable garden. I mean, who needs all that manicured grass [...]

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December’s Gardening Tips

Here are few suggestions: Transplant: it’s a great time to transplant, but be sure to keep new transplants well-watered if the weather is mild and dry. In warmer regions, now through February, after a killing freeze or a frost, is a good time to move a rose. Transplant it with as much of the roots [...]

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