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America the Be"you"tiful
“That’s too much beautiful for one car,” the toll attendant told me and my friends (though we’re not that young or especially good...


Filter Fabric and other Quick Fixes
You’ve seen the claims. You’ve heard the ads: lay down a barrier and end weeds forever. Too good to be true? Every gardener’s nemesis is...


Football and Flowers- A Study in Contrasts
An unlikely pairing, to be sure; the rough and tumble, fan-frenzied game and the delicate seasonal bloom, what do they have in common? A...


September Whispers ... All is not lost
The glorious glint of the September sky transforms the earth around us. We feel the warm sun and yet the shorter days register inside us,...


Think Spring (in September?)
While the season screams pumpkins, mums and all things 'harvest,' it's actually the perfect time to plant Spring bulbs. Here are some...


Got squirrel-friends?
I love attracting wildlife to the yard. In fact, I spend good money buying seed, planting shrubbery and diligently refreshing the bird...


Would you Grow a Flower if No One Could See?
There are gardens and then there are gardens. We are naturally more impressed by the exotic and sensational. When you walk the carefully...


Digging Deeper
Spinach is feast or famine in our household. My husband likes to grow it from seed and one little packet makes a LOT of plants. Did you...


Living with Labels
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet." This question posed by Juliet in Shakepeare’s...


Do what you Love
What could you accomplish with one arm, twelve lily plants and a plot of marshland beside the Anacostia River? Most of us would see a...
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