Tag: gardening
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How to Have Daisy Blooms All Summer Long

Once upon a time, I dropped our Westie Daisy, my beloved friend and arch nemesis, off for grooming. If you’ve read her story, you know that she had to be medicated for grooming. The slightest hair pull could trigger horrible, torture chamber-sounding screams. No one wanted that. But with her meds, off she went as…
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Gardening Mistakes To Avoid

According to Janet Kilburn Phillips, “There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.” At this rate of experimentation, I should be a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Gardening. One of the main things that I have learned as a gardener is a very deep appreciation for farmers. Feeding all of us requires a combination of…
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Homegrown National Park, A Hopeful Perspective

Be the change that you want to see in the world.-Arleen Lorrance I saw that quote on a bumper sticker about 34 years ago, and it has stuck with me ever since. I like it because its message implies that we have more power than we think on this planet with 8 billion people. Clearly…
