EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was authored by Eric Larson. When I was in the middle of therapy from my hip replacement, my therapist said, “Eric, I have been disappointed in the 3-year-old roses I have around my house. I want to pull them out and get something new.” First, I told her, “It’s expensive to […]
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A Stroll Through the Garden: Celebrating chrysanthemums
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was authored by Eric Larson. We all need a closer look at the mums that come to our gardens each fall. Some technology can help preserve our history if done productively. One of my readers sent me an email years ago asking if he could plant some of the mums in […]
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A Stroll Through the Garden: World Bamboo Day
ASHLAND — Happy belated Bamboo Day! Last year was the first year I brought attention to Sept. 18. During the 8th World Bambo Congress, the participants officially declared Sept. 18 as World Bamboo Day. Sept. 18 is a renowned Nobel Laureate and India’s former president, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s birthday. Kalam advocated that bamboo could […]
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A Stroll Through the Garden: Facts on ferns
ASHLAND — I got a question from a piano player friend years ago. He asked me about native Ohio Ferns and what could he do about his shady garden? Shade gardening is a real challenge on a normal basis to get anything exciting to grow and keep going. All my friend wanted was to find […]
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A Stroll Through the Garden: Stronger plants can be bred into seeds by trials
EDITOR’S NOTE: This gardening column was authored by Eric Larson. What inspired me to write this column is that I got an email a few years ago in early September from a reader that was wondering whether she should be saving seeds. She hadn’t been gardening very long. Seed gathering was even shorter. She asked […]
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A Stroll Through the Garden: Cover crops can be a great start for next year’s garden
EDITOR’S NOTE: This gardening column was authored by Eric Larson. ASHLAND — The pastor from one of my churches a few years ago asked me, “Is there anything that can help me take care of all the weeds that I had this year in my garden?” My answer to him was very simple I said, […]
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A Stroll Through the Garden: Here’s how to create a tomato harvest
EDITOR’S NOTE: This gardening column is authored by Eric Larson. Processing tomatoes into a spaghetti sauce can be a lot of work beyond raising the plants. Harvesting or picking enough tomatoes can be a challenge as you select those that would be good for your sauce — and that’s just the start. Cleaning all the […]
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A Stroll Through the Garden: Introducing Eric Larson’s gardening column
EDITOR’S NOTE: This gardening column was written by Eric Larson. Gardening has, for as long as I can remember, been a part of my family. When my great-grandparents came to this continent, one of the things they looked for was a piece of property with enough size to have a large garden. Many of our […]
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H2Ohio Rollout, Cover Crops to be focus of April 11 meeting in Perrysville
PERRYSVILLE — Unseasonably warm temperatures have many Ashland County residents itching to get their hands in the dirt and get to work on their gardens and flower beds. But the key to a successful growing season lies just as much in the prep work done before planting than getting the plants in the ground and […]