Thursday, May 31, 2007

Cemetery Plants

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John in the Bronx asks: I am looking for suggestions of plants for a cemetery plot. The conditions are full sun all day. As you might realiz...
Thursday, May 17, 2007

Grub Control

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It is not necessary for the anyone to spread potentially hazardous toxic chemicals on their lawn to try to stop the spread of grubs in the ...
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Monday, May 14, 2007

Spring Gardening Events

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Lots of great garden talks, plant sales and other events on tap over the next couple weeks: A Day to Learn About and Enjoy Forests Cornel...
Friday, May 11, 2007

Hyacinth bean WAMC call

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Susan from Cohoes , NY sent in this message in response to a recent call on my garden show on WAMC . (By the way, I will return to the airwa...
Monday, April 30, 2007

Deer Stopper

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I've come across a new organic deer repellent that seems to be working quite well. Deer Stopper from Messina Wildlife, www.messinawildl...
Friday, April 27, 2007

Garden and Landscape Consultations

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As many of you already know, I offer garden and landscape consultations for a fee. Typically I come visit your home, we walk around the prop...
Thursday, April 05, 2007

Tulips and Daffodils in Windowboxes

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Often times listeners will write and ask if they can still plant those tulip bulbs in April they forgot to plant last fall. By now those bul...
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Garden Classes and Events

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As one would expect, there are a number of garden classes and events scheduled for April and beyond: "Stone Walls for the Garden" ...
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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Beautiful Easy Flower Gardens Winners!

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Congratulations . We have five winners of a copy of my book Beautiful Easy Flower Gardens for being the first five people who posted a comm...
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Friday, March 23, 2007

Beautiful Easy Flower Gardens

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Wow! More than thirty of you posted comments to my blog www.beautifuleasygardens.blogspot.com . Thanks. I will sort out who the first five p...
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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Larry on the Road Spring 2007

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As always, when spring comes I accept invitations to speak at garden centers and shows and with garden and civic groups. This year is lookin...
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Back on the Radio

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On March 22, 2007 I will end my winter hiatus/hibernation and return to the airwaves at WAMC Northeast Public Radio 90.3. FM in the greater...
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Friday, January 12, 2007

Soil pH for Blueberries

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Brian of Glenville writes: I will be planting some blueberry bushes this spring. The Cornell site says it needs to be acid soil. Can I test ...
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Monday, January 08, 2007

Bittersweet vine control

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A nice young person from Holyoke, MA writes: We have an area of bittersweet, brushy growth and trees between our driveway and the neighbors...
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Friday, January 05, 2007

Poison Ivy Control

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Alan in Catskill writes: We moved on to a property with extensive poison ivy. I tried a little Roundup, but was concerned about doing in th...

Warm Winter Weather

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Eric in Saratoga County writes: Larry, just a question: with this unseasonably warm weather, my daffodils are showing at the soil surface. ...
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Thursday, November 02, 2006

Tipsy Paperwhite Daffodils

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It is often a problem finding ways to keep your forced paperwhite daffodils from growing so tall they tip over and ruin the effect. Here is ...
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Friday, October 13, 2006

Don't Buy Cypress Mulch

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Mulch Madness By STEVE FLEISCHLI TOWERING cypress once covered much of southern Louisiana — 1,000-year-old trees darkened ancient, moss-lade...
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Monday, June 19, 2006

Great Peony Mystery

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Last week on Vox Pop a caller told of a "wild" peony plant that came up on its own near the peony plants she planted a few years a...
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Plants to Grow Near Black Walnut Trees

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Black walnut trees (Juglans nigra L.) are beautiful and useful trees of the forest and often suburban neighborhoods. But the tree does give ...
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