Western Mountains and High Plains
May, 2012
Regional Report
National News - From NGA Editors
Grow Fruit Naturally
If you are home gardener growing or thinking about growing fruit, you might fantasize about having an expert like horticulturist and garden writer Lee Reich out in your garden with you, dispensing...
Summer Jewels
Annual salvias are real troupers in the garden. No prima donnas, they are tolerant of dry soil, and boom prolifically in full sun. One of the best is Salvia 'Summer Jewel Pink', a 2012 All-America...
The Value of Bees
All gardeners know that bees are valuable creatures without which many of the food plants we depend on would not bear fruit or seeds. But do you know just how valuable they are? According to a...
Plants and Noise Pollution
Well, corn may have ears, but we know it can't hear! So it seems on the surface that noise in the environment should have little effect on plants. But a recent study done around noisy gas wells in...
In the Garden
Fresh Homegrown Strawberries
Strawberries are among my favorite small fruits, but I've been fighting a battle with the invading quack grass in my strawberry bed. This weedy grass will not defeat my resolve to grow more berries.
I've decided to take time to dig out the healthy...
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Resources
Favorite or New Plant
Corsican Violet Corsican violet (Viola corsica) is a dependable wild violet from the Mediterranean region that...
Tool or Gardening Product
Yard Shark Hedger/Pruner My Yard Shark hedge trimmer (24 inches) is one tool that is indispensable for trimming not only...
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Regional Reminders
- Slay Slugs
- Harvest Herbs
- Enjoy Cut Peonies
- Water Lawns Deeply
- Train Mums by Pinching
