Monthly Archives: September 2007

Fall is Raspberry Season

Today I picked this bucket of raspberries from the small patch we have in our back yard. Raspberries are incredibly easy to grow, and unless you have a very small yard, they are a great use of garden space. I … Continue reading

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Fall Bloomers, Part 2

Normally these asters are my favorite fall flower. When they were planted eight years ago, I did not know much about perennials. I got the asters along with a couple of dozen other perennials at an end of season closeout. … Continue reading

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Fall Bloomers

It’s September, so every garden I know of is bursting with Clara Curtis daisies. These pretty fall bloomers are a member of what was once the chrysanthemum family. (It’s been broken up by plant scientists and classifiers, and these are … Continue reading

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Watermelon–A garden first

Market gardeners amaze me with their ability to grow melons. This is the first year I’ve grown a watermelon to eating size. I only got one off the plant–but hey, it tasted good. I harvested it a hair early because … Continue reading

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Plant BIG Trees

The single best landscaping decision we ever made was to plant big trees on a new lot. Like many new homes, our house was built on a former cornfield. It had been terraced, but it was bare. At the suggestion … Continue reading

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New Northern Gardener Available

The September/October issue of Northern Gardener has been available for a couple of weeks now. It’s a great issue with articles on the trouble with bees, using golden foliage plants in your garden, shrubs and trees with ornamental fruit, and … Continue reading

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Welcome to My Garden

Even though I edit a garden magazine, I’m not an expert gardener. My mother has a green thumb, but I was not one of those gardeners forced to pick beans or hoe weeds as a child who cannot get gardening … Continue reading

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