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Inspiration and advice for your garden
Dell Richards, Sacramento: "For a larger-looking garden, plant tall, not wide, trees around the edges so the eye is drawn up and out. Ignore the 'small yard small trees' rule
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January Checklist
Mother Nature has provided a wealth of shrubs and trees that bloom when the calendar says it's winter. Many have scented flowers.
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February Checklist
Camellias are in full bloom and every sunny windowsill in my house is filled with flats and pots of seedlings: tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cosmos, hellebores, snapdragons, marigolds, basil and more. As in life, there are pitfalls along the way.
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March Checklist
One day it feels like spring, the next it's back to winter. March is certainly a two-sided month. But it's ideal for getting out into the garden on days when you can feel spring in the air.
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April Checklist
This rose is called "Goheen," a shrub rose. It is a found rose at The Old City Cemetery April and old-fashioned roses go hand in hand. Seems you can't have one without the other.
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May Checklist
I've always gardened on a budget, so whenever I buy a plant, I look to see whether I can take cuttings. It takes patience and time, but it's one of the most enjoyable parts of gardening. Late spring and summer are the best times for cuttings.
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June Checklist
There's always room to try something fun in the vegetable garden, like purple potatoes.
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July Checklist
Everyone deals with tomato troubles now and then. Here are the most common and frustrating ones.
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August Checklist
Drought tolerant doesn't mean plant it and forget it. All plants need care and water, some less than others.
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September Checklist
You can save the seeds of that delicious tomato in your garden if it is not a hybrid.
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October checklist
Achillea 'Coronation Gold' (Yarrow) Come October most gardeners are beat. They're tired of weeding and watering and mulching and planting. The garden probably looks as bedraggled as the gardener feels.
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November Checklist
Autumn is a wonderful time of year. The colors are gorgeous, and the weather is usually kind enough to be outside.
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December Checklist
Nandina domestica leaves and berries (Heavenly bamboo). Every season I look to my garden for decorating ideas: flowers and foliage in spring and summer, colorful leaves in autumn, bright berries, greenery and pine cones in winter.
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