Upper South Regional Report

The Fragrances of Spring

What a glorious spring it's been. For the most part, temperatures have topped out in the 60s and 70s, as opposed to the 80s or higher. Only a few light frosts during April. A few hard rains, but mostly they've been on the gentle side. All this has...
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Kentucky Herb Festival
Micro Suede Stretch Gloves

Tour Gardens
Welcome Hummingbirds
Plant Main-Season Vegetables
Enjoy Asparagus and Strawberries
Plant Trees

Roses All Over

Long gone are the days of quartering roses in a dedicated rose garden. Partly, this due to gardeners becoming more adventurous, but it's also because many of the modern hybrids are more adaptable and low maintenance. 'Knockout' and its kin have brought...
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The Principles of Pruning
Roses

Have Plant Coverings Ready
Make a Plant Notebook
Grow Baptisias
Get Houseplants Ready for the Outdoors
Harden Off Seedlings

Choosing The Best

It's a very dangerous time of year. Maybe not for everyone, but it certainly is for me. Just going to the grocery can get me into trouble. The discount department and home building supply stores make me break out in a cold sweat. And an actual garden...
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Create a Certified Wildlife Habitat
Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost'

Keep Planting Cool-Season Vegetables
Plant Everbearing Strawberries
Get Roses Ready for Growth
Keep Up With Lawn Care
Take Notes On Spring Bulbs

Be Fruitful

Strawberry shortcake, blueberry pancakes, raspberry anything. Life might go on if we didn't have these foods, but it sure would be a lot less pleasurable. And a lot less healthy. Berries, grapes, and other fruits have a wide range of health benefits,...
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Plant Information Online
Growing Fruits

Start Dahlias and Tuberous Begonias Indoors
Try Stepables and Win
Choose Shade-Tolerant Vegetables
Control Crabgrass with Corn Gluten
Plant Asparagus and Rhubarb

Build It and the Birds Will Come

In spite of the recent record-breaking snowstorm that barreled up the Ohio River valley, the birds are singing their spring songs and doing ... well ... what birds do as the air turns soft and warm. A friend of mine already has bluebirds setting up...
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Freeze/Frost Maps
Heat Mat

Begin Fertilizing Houseplants
Plant Cool-Season Crops
Fertilize Trees and Shrubs
Get Bare-Root Plants in the Ground ASAP
Start Warm-Season Vegetables and Herbs Indoors

Great Tastes Await

Wasn't it just the day before yesterday that I pulled the last boiling hot jar of green beans from the canner and hauled the bushel baskets of winter squash and potatoes to the cellar? Even if in reality all that was over four months ago, it's always...
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2008 Perennial Plant of the Year
Unifork

Plant Sweet Peas
Test Soil's pH
Prune Berries
Sow Delphinium Seeds
Control Spider Mites

Bring Home a Bit of Spring

Diminutive snowdrops have been blooming in the garden since mid-January, daffodil foliage is emerging from the frozen ground, and in only a few weeks soft winds will regularly beckon me outdoors. No matter. The next couple of weeks always seem to be the...
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Fruit Nursery Source List
The Wildlife Gardener's Guide

Take Advantage of Good Weather
Grow the Herb of the Year
Wash Pots
Improve Garden Record-Keeping
Bring Branches Into Bloom Indoors

Upcoming Nature-Watching Events

There's the Super Bowl, the Derby, the World Series, the Final Four, Wimbledon, and the Masters for sports aficionados. For those of us who get excited about gardens, fields, and forests, there is the Great Backyard Bird Count, led by Audubon and the...
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Ark of Taste
African Violets

Eat Your Winter Vegetables
Get Seed-Starting Supplies Ready
Prepare Birdhouses
Plan for a Cut Flower Garden
Get Inspired for the Gardening Season

Garden Projects for a Winter's Day

Sure, you could be organizing the garden shed or doing maintenance on the tiller, but why not create something that will make an aspect of gardening more pleasurable? Craft projects that are either made for the garden or from the garden are a...
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Agricultural Research Service Report
Faux Coyote

Share Indoor Gardening
Study New Ways to Improve Your Garden
Prune Trees and Shrubs
Rotate Vegetable Crops
Check for Frost-Heaved Plants

It's New! It's Wonderful!

One of the long-standing New Year's traditions for garden publications is presenting some of the plants that will be offered by catalogs and garden centers for the first time in the upcoming year. Far be it from me to break with such a custom. Besides,...
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Climate Prediction Center
Winterizing the Greenhouse

Hope for Snow
Increase Humidity Around Houseplants
Utilize Christmas Trees
Protect Against Sunscald
Attend a Seminar

A Reading List for Gardeners

Sooner or later a certain lull settles over the holidays. A quietness that invites sitting by the fire, or at least whispers to us to read and reflect. For many of us, there is no more delightful winter occupation than relaxing with a good read. For...
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Daylong Celebration of Gardening
Plants of the Bible

Avoid Walking on the Lawn
Care for Plants During Storms
Keep Cut Flowers Fresh Longer
Weeding Never Ends
Keep Florist Azaleas Flourishing

Upper South Regional Report

The Fragrances of Spring

Resources

Reminders

Roses All Over

Resources

Reminders

Choosing The Best

Resources

Reminders

Be Fruitful

Resources

Reminders

Build It and the Birds Will Come

Resources

Reminders

Great Tastes Await

Resources

Reminders

Bring Home a Bit of Spring

Resources

Reminders

Upcoming Nature-Watching Events

Resources

Reminders

Garden Projects for a Winter's Day

Resources

Reminders

It's New! It's Wonderful!

Resources

Reminders

A Reading List for Gardeners

Resources

Reminders