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Annie B. Bond May 12, 2008 9:00 am
“New Wave” gardening is an innovative style that mixes nature and architecture, creating various looks depending on which plants are used, but always giving a wonderful impression of controlled freedom. Plants of the same kind and color are combined in meandering bands and n
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Annie B. Bond May 8, 2008 2:00 pm
Floral designer Michael George’s style has been imitated but rarely mastered by other florists. His technique is clean, simp
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Annie B. Bond May 7, 2008 6:00 am
Something big has happened in Canada, and I’d love it if we would all celebrate by urging our state governments to follow the
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Annie B. Bond May 3, 2008 5:00 am
Outdoor “rooms” are a huge trend, and after spending an industrious weekend turning a catch-all outdoor porch into a “green”
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Annie B. Bond Apr 30, 2008 11:00 am
White vinegar makes an excellent earth-friendly herbicide. Just spray the vinegar full strength onto weeds, making sure the
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Annie B. Bond Apr 29, 2008 12:00 pm
Fill a window box to overflowing with highly scented plants: Old-fashioned roses, heliotrope, night-scented stock, alyssum, s
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Annie B. Bond Apr 27, 2008 5:00 am
Newspaper is a cheap, abundant and useful mulch. And it’s safe. You can ignore outdated cautions about newsprint containing l
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posted by
Jana Ballinger Apr 26, 2008 5:00 am
What to do with your coffee grounds? You can use them straight up as mulch on plants that love an acid soil (azaleas or blueb
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posted by
Annie B. Bond Apr 22, 2008 7:00 am
So often, the obvious solution is right at our fingertips, but
it looks so simple that we fail to notice. Generations of
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posted by
Melissa Breyer Apr 11, 2008 1:08 am
Pity the American dandelion. In countries across the world the dandelion is considered a delicious vegetable and is consume
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