Want to Rescue Wild Animals? Hands Off!

April 17, 2025 /

Spring brings many things — warmer temperatures (or not), greener grass, daffodils blooming, and wildlife getting in the “family way.” Usually, my columns focus on…

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‘Giant Wisconsin Mosquitoes’ and Other Gardening Misconceptions

April 10, 2025 /

I am asked a lot of interesting gardening questions every year, it is actually one of the very favorite parts of my job. In a…

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Growing Your Own Groceries Not Always Cheap or Easy

April 3, 2025 / Comments Off on Growing Your Own Groceries Not Always Cheap or Easy

The egg prices have been in the news for several months now, and occasionally I will have people ask me if it would just be…

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White, yellow, red, green, candy and more — All about Onions

March 20, 2025 / Comments Off on White, yellow, red, green, candy and more — All about Onions

Onions — as strong as the flavor and smell can be is the opinion people have about them. I am not suggesting anyone try to…

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Spring, and the hills are alive … literally

March 20, 2025 / Comments Off on Spring, and the hills are alive … literally

Spring has either sprung (meteorologically, March 1) or will soon be springing (astronomically, March 20). But some things are popping up all over that I…

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Ready, set, grow! Getting the jump on Mother Nature where you can

March 13, 2025 / Comments Off on Ready, set, grow! Getting the jump on Mother Nature where you can

There are some garden topics that I feel a need to repeat every year. Because no matter how many times I go over them or…

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Is your aunt, I mean, ant visiting soon?

March 6, 2025 / Comments Off on Is your aunt, I mean, ant visiting soon?

Well, the big thaw is on, and as the soil warms up, so do the insects that spent their winters with propylene glycol as their…

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Late February tasks: Bring some in, take some out

February 27, 2025 / Comments Off on Late February tasks: Bring some in, take some out

We are almost there, teetering on the edge … of Meteorological Spring. But wait, there are some activities you can do to speed the gardening…

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Mid-February and the garden is waking up … or is it?

February 20, 2025 / Comments Off on Mid-February and the garden is waking up … or is it?

It is so tempting, isn’t it? That first whiff of spring soil smell, maybe a robin chortling in the distance? The urge is irresistible. But…

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Time to Take an Agonizing Reappraisal of Your Garden

February 5, 2025 / Comments Off on Time to Take an Agonizing Reappraisal of Your Garden

For the gardener, February brings dazzling dreams of the garden season ahead. By now, your mailbox has been stuffed with all those catalogs bursting with…

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