October 26, 2019 - Issue #432

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Check out our plant care and collection of varities of Irises.

Gardeners have been enjoying mums for more than 2,000 years. By A.D. 400, these plants were the craze among Chinese gardeners. Today, most of the best kinds for North American gardens are known simply as garden mums.

For those who can never get enough of tulips or can't wait until they spring up naturally in the garden, they can be forced indoors.

Grow some plants, such as cold-tender herbs and dwarf fruit trees, in containers that you can move in- and outdoors as weather permits.

Knowing more about deer habitat and dining preferences and combining a variety of strategies allows gardeners to customize solutions to deer-damage problems for individual gardens.

A type of squash, pumpkins, are best known as a Halloween decoration, but many varieties are also excellent substitutes for winter squash in soups and stews.

In early spring, and again in fall, I pot up bright cheerful pansies and violas in containers of all kinds.