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    Planting Spring-Blooming Bulbs in Containers

    When I plant containers of bulbs in the fall, I’m thinking of the color and drama they will add to the following spring’s landscape. Not only will these planted pots…

  • Plant Spring Containers Months in Advance
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    Plant Spring Containers Months in Advance

    Fall is the time to plant bulbs, and they look amazing in garden beds and borders. Yet did you ever think you could plant your bulbs in containers before the…

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Three Easy Ideas for Spring Planting

    You don’t want to miss a whole season of gardening do you? Here are three easy ways to get a start on your spring planting today.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Time for Spring Planting

    If you’ve never planted a spring garden, it’s time to get growing. Now’s the time to start sprinkling seeds like lettuces, spinach, chard and more.

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    Spring Pleasures

    Spring has sprung and there are many chores for the gardener. However, I find that there are as many delights, if not more, that outweigh the work. See some of…

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    Welcome Spring

    Here in the Ozarks,and in many places across the country, spring is bursting out all over--and this week we celebrated the vernal equinox--when night and day are the same length.…

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    Spring is Nearly Here

    Here I am blogging from the road--and spring is popping out all over--well at least in the southern part of the country. We gardeners are getting ready for the next…

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    Spring Forward

    This weekend starts Daylight Saving Time throughout most of the United States. We will set our clocks forward an hour—springing forward. When we awake in the morning it might still…

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    Year-Round Vegetable Gardening

    Four seasons of vegetable gardening sounds like a gardener’s dream come true. Niki Jabbour proves it’s possible in her new book, “The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener.”

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    It’s May, It’s May, the Merry Month of May!

    Hurray it is May and Spring is bustin' out all over--wherever you live! In my zone 7 garden, our last frost-free date is May 15, however I wait a little…