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Cover-Ups

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COVER-UPS It is spring and everything looks healthy—especially chickweed, wild onion and dandelions.  As all gardeners know, Nature abhors bare ground and works hard to cover it as soon as possible.  Unfortunately the plants that cover the quickest are the aforementioned weeds.  Dandelions are nice if you want to make salad from the young greens … Read more

Impatience

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Every year there is a moment in February when the urge to garden hits me with a vengeance. That moment has arrived. Now I have to decide what do to about it. This winter has given our part of the world weeks of mild, gray weather, followed by one bad snowstorm, followed by a short … Read more