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At the end of February I spent a couple of weeks in a suburb south of San Francisco, doing grandma duty while my daughter ...
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Well, folks, you knew you were living on borrowed time. I didn’t realize it, but so was I. But when the FBI and Walt Disney …
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Last spring my sister called to say that she had found a wonderful new anemone to add to her collection in a mixed flower …
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Remembering lost loved ones with memory gardens
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When it comes to roses, some of us just can’t say no. Here’s the true confession of one local gardener.
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I have twelve beautiful blooming violet plants on my office desk, placed 12 inches from a light source that’s kept burning day and night. I water them from the bottom and let the water remain in the saucer.
No matter what I spray, I continue to have gnats and other insects in my soil. I also occasionally start to get yellow spots on the tips of the leaves and then the spots start going down the leaves. What’s going on here?
I am growing my potted tropical hibiscus indoors for the winter. The leaves are starting to yellow and fall off. Should I give the plant iron and should I fertilize it? Do I cut it back, and if so, when?
I have read that purple coneflowers (Echinacea) are a good source of food for birds in the winter. Will they be okay if not trimmed back until spring? If so, how early should they be trimmed?
