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Forget plush sofas, gilded mirrors and other artificial symbols of luxury and comfort; natural fabrics and materials, ...
Successful seed germination involves providing optimum conditions, but you don't need an expensive setup if you utilize this ...
Bay tree problems are generally not too complicated – their easy care regime is one of the reasons they make one of the best trees to grow in pots. But, like most plants, there are a few pests ...
Some plants and herbs, like catnip and sage, have natural pest-repelling properties that may help keep spiders from entering ...
Cuttings are taken at different times of year, depending on the species, but over the next 2 or 3 weeks, I’ll be taking semi-ripe ones from ...
The Monterey County Herald on MSN11d

Tom Karwin, On Gardening: A plant exchange project

All gardens occasionally benefit from a substantial work-over. In today’s column, I describe such a project in my garden.
Ward dug out the annual and put it in a new pot to be hung from an alternate side parking sign, where it joined other ...
The heavily-trafficked section of Eastern Parkway, between Bedford and Franklin avenues, is the first block of mostly ...
Members of North Bay Communities in Bloom committee will head to Stratford in October to find out the results of a nationwide ...
Plants like lucky bamboo, money tree and eucalyptus can change your fortune for the better, but there are some plants that ...
Rotary Club volunteers will plant 60 new trees in October. There are more new trees planned than old because some of the pear trees had already died.
As the hot weather continues, pests like spiders, flies and even slugs can become a real issue - but luckily there are a few ...