A while ago, a reader and a business associate asked me to identify a plant that hadclimbed up a tree and was in bloom that year. I recently got a similar e-mail about English Ivy in the yard of one of my readers. This first business associate had a side yard that had several types […]
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A Stroll Through the Garden: Pesticides pose serious health risks
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was authored by Eric Larson. President-Elect Donald Trump spoke last week about how Europe is not using pesticides like the United States States. This talk should give us great hope for what Trump will address in laws that govern pesticides in the future. Trump pointed out that autism has grown substantially. […]
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A Stroll Through the Garden: Overwintering geraniums for frugal gardeners
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was authored by Eric Larson. A friend from church recalled portions of this column I wrote over eight years ago. I originally wrote the column about how to overwinter Zonal Geraniums or Pelargonium x hortorum. When I was in the greenhouse business with my family, we had unusual clients. One client […]
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A Stroll Through the Garden: To rototill or no-till, that is the question
Suppose you had asked me whether or not you should rototill or no-till; I would not have hesitated to tell you that no-till is the best, “Period. End of story.” I was asked that question recently by a reader and a friend again. As I have studied this issue over the years, I have changed […]
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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 […]