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Archived posts

June 2008
Gardening lessons by Shank's mare
Traditions can reach a new level if you record them
Projo blogs upgrade set for Saturday
The great scape comeback: Eat that
Pansies, after a rescue mission
Gardening: Take it under water
Anthurium -- flower for celebration
Hope High Farmers Market returns
Garden 2008, a la my grocery store cashier

May 2008
The Oriental Poppy
Seed of a thought takes me back to Cornwall
Flowers for celebrations: A wedding
Chelsea breaks down, now it's up to you
Memorial Day's flowers: the Bridal Wreath
Chelsea awards roundup
Mustn't grumble -- It's Chelsea Week
Why I have no sunny garden spot
It's a perfect weekend for planting, or plant sales, or an e-waste collection
Really cheap bulb sale online
Favorites, flowers, feelings, knowing on Mother's Day
East Farm or Casey Farm? Why pick just one plant sale?
Grow fresh veg on your porch? Contain yourself!

April 2008
Songs about flowers trigger memories
Wilcox Park at its finest
Free Landscaping workshop at Save the Bay on Saturday
Pansies revisited
Warm weather brings gardening urges out of hibernation
Saturday's Longmeadow cleanup cancelled
Bowling ball garden art
Rainy day hyacinths
Spring news flash: Leaves in Providence!
Photo: Witch Hazel

March 2008
Make a nesting bundle for the birds
Stunning flower photos to get your sap rising
Daffodils and crocuses bring back memories – and remind me that life goes on
I set in pansies yesterday
Garden-catalog search launches at Mother Earth News
Goodbye warm winter, hello spring
The white lily, a symbol of Easter
The long, quiet game of science pays off
Spring -- and helleborus -- in Providence.
Spring is here: First crocus blooms
Signs of spring in Providence

February 2008
The intriguing Cactus
A hive of industry
An Herb Spiral
Flower show is fantastic!
Are old seeds worth digging out?
The irresistible orchid
Drowning in plastic
Blue Iris

January 2008
A winter tale of wisteria (no photos, unfortunately)
Gerbera daisy: Adding more indoor color
Can't stop preserving!
In search of more indoor color
Reminiscing about peas
Finding colors in winter days
Seed catalogs (already?)

December 2007
Growing in winter, as I watch: Amaryllis
Sometimes I forget to look up

November 2007
The birth of the Sculpture Garden
Birds and the Garden
The revival of the old Jade Plant
Frost in the city tonight: Bring your plants in
Ladybugs, ladybugs (and more ladybugs)

October 2007
Wisteria is a mystery to me
How to build fences, gates and trellises of bamboo
Borage -- beautiful blues
Tying up some loose ends
The morning glories of October
Landscaping (continued from last week)
Naked ladies? In this weather?

September 2007
You can grow your own 'fossil pine'
Free soil testing, alt-energy, music Saturday at URI GreenShare
'Garden in Every School' pilot project kicks off at King
A new patio's landscaping plan made easier
Peony and the Sinister Shovel
Picture this: Peonies
Shrubbery. This time I mean it.
Blithewold offering garden sculpture workshop by Mount Rushmore sculptor-in-residence
Want to grow paprika?
Tales of Garden Objects: Butterflies
Quick and dirty
Harvest, down home
A butterfly with a violent past
Alex the parrot, dead at 31
Tales of Garden Objects: Decorative and useful
Fall color won't wait
An abundance of grapes
Tales of Garden Objects: Angels
Water conservation, pumpkins and those heavenly concord grapes
Pink mantis
The Fantastic Umbrella Factory

August 2007
No paper, no plastic — no worries
Bamboo, Part 2
A colorful way to enjoy summer corn all year
The Zen Garden happening
Is it a hummingbird? A moth? A lobster?
Saying Goodbye to my bamboos
Garden Blogs list: Zucchini ideas for next year
Ripe and shady
Morning glories wiggle inside our porch
Bamboo, Part 1
Don't give up yet on blueberries!
URI veggie garden open house Saturday
Writing our first gardening book
The night blooming cereus
First look at the new, compact Balmoral Squash
The stories behind the 'Mortgage Lifter' tomato and small seedless watermelons -- and a zucchini fritters recipe
How one gardener began
Giant Tomatoes: If you like that sort of thing

July 2007
Peat cheat sheet
Gardener's field trip: Elm Bank
The year of tiny garlic
Hazel lives
Reader wonders if we've tried this sprinkler, offers a birdhouse source
Weeding -- a gardener's job
A gentle plea for more chaos
Post-rain weeds
Squash flower, meet bee
In your face: Bugs and other aliens up close
Deer in the camera lights
There's a place for annuals in any garden
Pears like I've never seen before (in my yard)
Raised bed materials
Returning to my garden after 4 weeks away
Reporting for garden duty!
One that looks nice. And not too expensive.
Staking the cukes
Statewide Garden Tour this weekend
Don't let your plants get a 'headache': Give them aspirin water
Don't give in to garden theatrics
Things to do while awaiting your harvest

June 2007
Garden game for PC or Mac grows on you
Floral clock: The scarlet pimpernel closes at 2 p.m.
Walking tour of funky West End gardens Sunday
Updated: The garlic is 'scaping! (We made pesto)
The Man from Kew
URI rose garden is a-blooming
Ask, and they shall grow it for you
Mesclun greens
Coming up roses
Critters pecking at strawberries?
Use those rocks -- around strawberries, near tomatoes
Make a bucket shield to photograph just the flowers
Leaving the garden
Plants prove more competitive with strangers than with siblings
The raised bed a month later
Do you pinch out the first tiny peppers?
Save that rain!
Welcome Rudi!
Karen 1, Deer 0
Aug. 11: URI Vegetable Garden open house
July 14-15: URI Master Gardener garden tour
My taste in mulch changes through the years
Hanging catnip
Don't be too nice to tomatoes
The sculpture in Pat Feinstein's front garden: The history of 'Hope and the 3 Children'
Tree stump's metamorphosis proves a street show supreme
Where the wild plants are
Hooray for iris

May 2007
Early shots
Heirloom iris, a childhood memory
Updated: The Garden Blogs List
Container veggies: How big a pot, how much soil, companions
Gardening stretches the body, eases the mind
How I grow, nuke and grill asparagus
Labeled photos: What's in my flower lawn
Preparing and enriching the soil
Attempting to outsmart the deer
The herbs are sprouting
Pressure-treated wood and gardening: newer solutions
Chelsea flower show: Photos, feng shui flap, gnomelessness
Response to reader: What's growing, winter views
Chelsea Flower Show
Octopus's garden
A $35 portable greenhouse
Weekend plant sales: There's always room for one more
A 'lawn' full of flowers
Who else has sick-looking rhododendrons?
Bumper crop at East Farm
Art & science project: A raised bed
My roses don't listen
Ready. Set. Dig!

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