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March garden checklist

Indoors Prune, repot and clean houseplants as needed. Fertilize houseplants as new growth appears. Follow label directions. Sketch garden plans, including what to grow, spacing, arrangement, number of plants needed and sequence. Order seeds and plants ...

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February garden checklist

Indoors Keep houseplants close to bright windows. Check soil for dryness before watering. Examine produce, tender flower bulbs and roots stored for the winter for rot, shriveling or excess moisture. Remove and discard damaged material. Sketch garden ...

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January garden checklist

Indoors Repot house plants as they out grow current pots. Pot amaryllis bulb. Sketch garden plans, including what to grow, spacing, arrangement and number of plants needed. Order seeds and plants as early as possible for best selection from ...

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December garden checklist

Holidays When shopping for a fresh-cut Christmas tree, check for green, flexible, firmly held needles and a sticky trunk base -- both indicators of freshness. Make a fresh cut and keep the cut end under water at all times. Evergreens can be trimmed ...

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End of year fundraiser for GardenComm.org, A Betrothal.

The play’s the thing to support GardenComm

You know me. I don't sell stuff, but I want to share with you info about a fundraising event for an organization that changed my life. This is my second year as president of GardenComm: Garden Communicators International, a professional group of writers, ...

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September Garden Checklist

Harvest peppers and tomatoes as soon as they start to change color and ripen indoors.

Indoors Dig and repot herbs growing outdoors, or take cuttings to pot up and ...

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Fungus gnats pester plant parents

Fungus gnats and houseplants

I’ve been eavesdropping on a few houseplant Facebook pages to find out what’s ...

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Times are hard. Gardeners can help.

Plant a Row for the Hungry.

I’m watching to the PBS NewsHour and the heads are talking about inaction in ...

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August garden checklist

Sow spinach seeds for fall crop

Indoors Take cuttings from plants such as impatiens, coleus, geraniums and ...

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