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YELLOWJACKET TRAPS, THEN PANSIES

Spring Solutions for Yellow Jackets By: Sandy Swegel Is Spring about to happen in your neighborhood? Before you start getting pansies or collecting daffodils, stop and put out your yellow jacket traps…if yellow jackets are a problem for you in the summer. The yellow jacket life cycle is pretty simple. Almost all the yellow jackets […]

ILLITERATE GARDEN

Garden Problems We All Have By: Sandy Swegel “My garden is illiterate.  It didn’t read the book about what it can’t do.” That was the wisecracking opening remark at a gardening talk I attended recently.  We all laughed and during the break we started talking about some of the stupidest plants we know. Looking at […]

The Windy Garden

Building a Wind Resistant Garden By: Sandy Swegel This could be a perfectly beautiful early Spring. We’ve had a week of warm sunny weather that is waking up the daffodils and tulips. Birds are flitting about and energetically singing out mating calls. It’s a joyful break from dark winter days. But then there’s the wind. […]