Spring has sprung, and the copious rains we received this past winter and early spring are showing themselves in the lush growth of grass, trees, shrubs and (dramatic pause) mosquitoes. I don’t know about your yard/garden/place, but I have to either slather myself with mosquito repellent or wear some netting before stepping outside, especially early […]
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Plant a Cabbage, Welcome the Amphibians
In our last article (“Gardening Undercover,” March 13), we suggested ways to protect your vegetable garden from slugs, snails and other pests by using physical shelters. There are other great ways to control pests, like inviting amphibians into your garden. After all, frogs and their kin live and hunt on the ground where most pests […]
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Gardening Undercover
Despite the early morning temperatures in the middle 20s, I made a visit to the winter garden during a lull between rainstorms. Because of the cold and the rain, much of the vegetable garden is muddy and even the winter-hardy cole crops look mushy. But this is the perfect time to check on the garden […]
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March To-Do List
The dry weather through much of winter has allowed energetic gardeners to get out and complete most of the obvious gardening tasks, but there’s still plenty to do in March. A few final pruning jobs put the wrap on last year’s growing season, and then we get to look forward by preventing spring weeds, protecting […]