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Monthly Archives: January 2010
The People’s Garden
Give the Founding Fathers a lot of credit: Not only did they design a pretty good system of government, they thought of an amazing number of details that would make life better down the road for U.S. citizens. One of … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Travel, Gardens to Visit, Public Gardens, Tropicals
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Garden Trends: Lime and Tangerine
An airplane ride — and airport delay — gave me time recently to dig through some of the garden catalogs that have been collecting in a pile at my house since before the New Year. (Yes, I did go through … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Trends
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New Digs for the Hort Society
The Minnesota State Horticultural Society – publishers of Northern Gardener — moved during December into new digs in a shopping mall in Roseville. The hort’s former home was in an office building back behind some condos in Falcon Heights. It … Continue reading
Posted in MSHS News
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Even More Hoar Frost
Two other Northfield bloggers have already put up photos of today’s hoar frost here and here, but I couldn’t resist taking a few, too. Hoar frost forms when plants (or cars or whatever) are colder than the air. Moisture in … Continue reading
Posted in Weather, Winter interest
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Gardens and Gift Certificates
I hate to let gift cards or gift certificates sit around too long since it’s so easy to forget about them entirely. So thanks to the generosity of my brother-in-law and his wife, I ordered my first 2010 seeds today … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits and Vegetables
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So Many Plants, So Little Space
Yesterday I attended the Minnesota Green Expo, the annual meeting of the Minnesota Landscape and Nursery Association, and for a plant nut like me, the highlight of the meeting was the New Plant Forum — 29 speakers and 26 pages … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing Plants, Annual Flowers, Perennials
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