Be grateful that midweek downpours mitigated the parched conditions in so many gardens. But if the rains again become rare, be prepared to practice prudent triage. Leave the lawn alone and rejuvenate it in the fall. Trees, shrubs and perennials
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Charlais neighborhood has a bang-up Fourth - Oregonian
DANA TIERNEY/SPECIAL TO THE OREGONIAN Linda McBrearty (left) and daughter Grace McBrearty display patriotic faces at John Marty Park in Bethany during the Chalais Women’s Network patriotic July 4 event. On July 4, Bethany’s Charlais neighborhood
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Fresh success for growing youngsters - Evening Star
CHILDREN from Bucklesham Primary have some spuds they like - after taking part in a national initiative to grow their own. The youngsters at the school’s gardening club joined the healthy eating part of the National Healthy Schools Programme and the
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The Vegetable Patch Goes Luxe - Wall Street Journal
Home vegetable gardening is surging thanks to rising food prices and health scares with commercial supplies. But at the rarified end of this horticultural renaissance is a world of backyard produce that has more in common with designer boutiques than
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Arkansas chosen for National Symphony Orchestra residency - Log Cabin Democrat
The announcement was made in the lobby of the Don Reynolds Performance Hall at the University of Central Arkansas. Welcoming those in attendance was a brass quintet composed of Professor Larry Jones and Bryan Light, trumpet; Jeff Jarvis, tuba; Denis
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Garden Calendar - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Garden d’Lights: Learn to make flower lights the Bellevue Botanical Garden way. The classes are low-cost or free to members, but what is created stays at the garden to be enjoyed by others. Call or click for dates and times. AUG 2 City People’s
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Insect swarms a natural occurrence - Record-Courier
Have you ever had to run to the car to avoid flying gnats? Perhaps you sit on the patio with an umbrella to avoid beetles and their larvae, which are falling from the trees. Maybe you have driven through Nevada when thousands of oily, squished Mormon
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Day trip destination: The gardens at Heirloom Roses - Katu.com
ST. PAUL, Ore. - Convincing your husband to take you to see a rose garden? Exhausting. Your husband admitting that he really enjoyed it? Priceless. After much cajoling, whining and using the “I could turn this into a story for work” card, I convinced
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CAPLAN COLUMN: Master Gardener training will begin in September - Evansville Courier-Press
The Southwestern Indiana Master Gardener Association is one of the most active volunteer gardening organizations in the Tri-State. Last summer the Master Gardeners had a Garden Walk, and this spring the group had its annual plant sale. This fall we
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Trumpet vine is only a weed if you decide it’s a weed - Jackson Sun
A trumpet vine, Campsis radicans, scrambles at the corner of the porch, hanging a few generous clusters of bright red-orange flowers just at the window of my bedroom. Often a bit of movement there catches my eye, as a hummingbird hovers at the
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