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Salad days will soon be here
February 20, 2009 t’s time to start the sala. more »»
Children Services features YSU speaker
February 20, 2009 Trumbull County Children Services is marking BLACK HISTORY MONTH with the agency’s Cultural Diversity Committee organizing a special event from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday. more »»
A cure for black thumbs
February 16, 2009 When a recent move to a new office meant I had to downsize, some plants that were formerly all over my much-larger desk had to be taken home. more »»
Economic vegetable gardening is possible
February 9, 2009 My husband cringes when I start making noises about preserving food for the winter. ‘‘Wouldn’t it be easier to just go to the store and buy a can of corn?’’ he asks. more »»
Economic vegetable gardening is possible
February 9, 2009 My husband cringes when I start making noises about preserving food for the winter. ‘‘Wouldn’t it be easier to just go to the store and buy a can of corn?’’ he asks. more »»
Bay laurel is 2009 herb of the year
February 2, 2009 I am never surprised when I sneak a peek at dinner simmering on the stove or in the crock pot to see a bay laurel leaf floating on top of the broth. more »»
Planting a child’s garden of wonder
January 26, 2009 While recently perusing a seed catalog for the 2009 gardening season, I noticed a garden collection for sale called, ‘‘A Child’s Garden of Wonder. more »»
Spend Groundhog Day at McKinley library
January 26, 2009 To celebrate GROUNDHOG DAY, the McKinley Memorial Library in Niles will be getting ‘‘hog’’ wild with a program for children in grades preschool to fifth at 1 p.m. on Saturday in the auditorium. more »»
Anxious for spring’s first flowers
January 19, 2009 Two weeks ago, I was in North Carolina. more »»
Nicotiana, a tobacco plant worth growing
January 12, 2009 The National Garden Bureau has proclaimed 2009 as the year of Nicotiana. You may know this plant as Flowering Tobacco. more »»
Favorite annuals will fill gardens this season
January 5, 2009 If we lived in a warmer climate, we might be interested in a tidbit of information I received in my mailbox at home last week. more »»
PPA announces its 2009 perennial plant of the year
December 29, 2008 Put away your poinsettias and set aside the Christmas cactus. It is time to start thinking spring, and there is no better way than to revel in the announcement of the 2009 Perennial Plant of the Year. more »»
Helpful books for garden research
December 22, 2008 Trumbull County Master Gardeners are taught, through The Ohio State University Extension, basic concepts of all aspects of gardening. more »»
Books to inspire home gardeners
December 15, 2008 Some people may wonder what could a garden writer possible come up with that is new and interesting and hasn’t already been don. more »»
Books for the book-loving gardener
December 8, 2008 Everybody does it. While searching diligently for something we ‘‘know is around here somewhere,” we manage to find something else we’ve long forgotten about. more »»
Award winners dress up next year’s garden
December 1, 2008 It’s nearly time to hear from plant-testing organizations about their new recommendations for 2009. The first to come in is the All America Selections. more »»
Holiday cactus makes a colorful table
November 24, 2008 Who among us didn’t have a grandmother whose dining room table wasn’t centered by at least one holiday cactus plant? OK, maybe the plant wasn’t the at the center of the table, but I... more »»
Some tips on controlling an unruly vine
November 17, 2008 A couple years ago I decided to list a flowering vine as a Weed of the Week in the Tribune Chronicle summer feature “How Does Your Garden Gro. more »»
Houseplants thrive in the right conditions
November 10, 2008 It never fails that something is forgotten. more »»
Overwintering plants in the landscape
November 3, 2008 It can be traumatic when an early hard frost takes out a beloved plant, as in the case of an immigrant “Flame” azalea that came to us through the generosity of a southern relative. more »» |
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