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January garden checklist

January 1, 2022 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

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 ...

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Guilt-free orchids

December 5, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Orchids used to be very expensive and certainly not readily available at grocery stores or garden centers. Today, blooming orchids are a commodity and they can be found about ...

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December garden checklist

December 1, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

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 ...

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November garden checklist

November 1, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Pot up hycinths, tulips, daffodls and other spring bulbs for indoors enjoyment

Indoors Houseplant growth will slow so apply less fertilizer and water. Move plants closer to windows or to sunnier exposures if plants are dropping leaves. Pot up ...

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Out of season blooms

October 19, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Several people have commented about forsythia and magnolias and other spring or early summer flowering trees and shrubs blooming this fall. Even as I write this, there are patches ...

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Spring bulbs and companions

October 15, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

An easy, yet stunning combo of spring bulbs and perennails.

My favorite thing to do in fall is plan for spring by planting bulbs, bulbs and more bulbs, especially with companion perennials. Look at where your perennials are and see ...

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October garden checklist

September 25, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Indoors Keep poinsettia in dark for 15 hours a day for eight to 10 weeks until red bracts begin to show. Houseplants may drop leaves, especially if they spent the summer ...

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Three great plants for fall containers

September 10, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Chard, pansy and ornamental cabbage for a fall containers. (C) Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Three great plants for fall container gardens: Mustards for Fall Cold tolerant, colors range from pinks to greens and purples, making them good to mix with pansies, snaps and ...

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September Garden Checklist

September 1, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

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 grow indoors. Bring houseplants that spent the summer outdoors back indoors before night ...

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Willburn tackles tropicals and Norris celebrates nature in new garden books

August 7, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Fall in love with tropical plants.

New Naturalism: Designing and Planting a Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden by Kelly D. Norris, Cool Springs Press, $30, hardcover When I edited a bunch of magazines ...

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