Restoring Nature Action 2: Cultivate Healthy Soil
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The second action item in our Restoring Nature series focuses on strategies to cultivate healthy soil.
Word Quiz of the Week
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Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel) flowers disperse their pollen using an explosive pollination method—vertical catapulting; which flower parts are involved in this process?
Protect Your Garden from Snow Damage!
Get ready for the BIG SNOW! Here are some useful links to protect your garden from snow damage.
GRASS: Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)
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Once the dominant species of the North American tallgrass prairie, this native warm-season grass is noted for the open, airy appearance of its seed heads and the multi-season interest of its foliage. Many ornamental cultivars are available.
Why Your Houseplants Need a Little Space This Winter
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In the world of indoor gardening, January is a month of dormancy for many of your plants. The most helpful thing you can do for your plants right now is to leave them alone. If you want your greenery to survive until spring, it’s time to adopt a "less is more" philosophy.
Word Quiz of the Week
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To what does this rhyme refer: “Sedges have edges, rushes are round, and grasses are hollow, straight to the ground”?