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One of the great rewards of gardening is flower arrangements. Plant flowers and foliage that produce the look you love. Try exotic looks with anthurium or gingers and cast iron. Practice the ancient Chinese principle using only 2 …
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Column by Jeff Ball, published in Detroit News 03/17/07 Nancy Szerlag and I continue to find magazines, newspapers and even books too frequently giving out bad advice about growing plants. Nancy reported reading a book that advises …
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Column by Nancy Szerlag Memorial Day, the traditional date for planting tomatoes in most Michigan gardens, is right around the corner, so now is the time to pick up a few tomato transplants and begin hardening them off. …
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Blog Column By Nancy Szerlag Excuse the huge faux paux in weather forecasting. For those of you who live elsewhere, on April 4th the temperatures in Michigan took a nosedive and we now have a blanket of 4 plus inches of snow on the …
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Column by Nancy Szerlag When short-sleeve weather arrives unseasonably early, as it has this week, it can present problems for gardeners with a passion for planting. As experienced in the past, we know it can be 70 degrees one day and …
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Yesterday, Nancy and Jeff did some programs at the Michigan Home Show at Ford Field in Detroit. Nancy handed out a list of perennials for which she had slides but we ran out of handouts. So here is the list. …
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Yes, I know we have another two months of cold and possible frosts, but I’ve already begun to think about the spring overseeding project I’ve set up for myself. As I pointed out last summer, fall is the best time to overseed a lawn, …
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Often when I give a talk about overseeding the lawn, I will get the question that asks whether there are some additional steps one might take when overseeding to kick start the improvement of the soil at the same time. …
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It's April. Get out there and enjoy the beautiful weather even if you are getting some of those unexpected snow flurries. It's still great fresh air after all those months of being cooped up. Happy Gardening and Happy Easter.
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Herbicides are those pesticides that are designed to kill herbaceous weeds such as dandelions, and woody pests such as poison ivy. There are dozens of sometimes confusing choices among the herbicides available on the shelves of the home …
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