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Master Gardeners | What to do in your May garden

"I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden." A special thanks to all of you who came to our Master Gardener Plant Sale last weekend and helped make it such a huge success.

Blundering Gardener: Keeping seedlings alive is a delicate process

My kitchen garden is nowhere near my kitchen because my kitchen is on the north side of my house, the shady side. I'd rather walk a few extra feet for fresh vegetables than drive blocks. The herbs and veggies I use for cooking grow outside my fenced-in back yard on a gentle slope I've terraced to make level planting beds. There, they get sun for at least six hours a day, the minimum if you want ...

Thyme with Rosemary: Parents instill love of gardening

With all the vast fields on my parents' farm, their smallest field commanded the most attention. The small field was a few short feet from the back door of the house. Dad was in charge of all the large fields, but the little field was Mom's alone.

Another Week of GW News, May 20, 2012 [A Few Things Ill Considered]

Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...

Garden Life: May offers no shortage of gardening chores

May is one of the busiest months in the garden. Until now, we could put off a garden chore for a week or two. Today, everything that needs to be done needs to be done now. All of a sudden, the once-dormant lawn needs regular mowing. Weeds that were nonexistent two weeks ago are ready to set seed. The rhododendron is in full bloom one day and needs to have its sticky, spent flower heads removed ...