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Melons crop up in South Side man's yard Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:00PMChicago residents can find fresh watermelon at the farmers markets, at the supermarket and in a South Side man's front yard.
Victory, recession vegetable gardens Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 10:20PMA Master Gardner friend sent me an e-mail last week to let me know that Jim Wilson had died. His book, "South Carolina Gardener's Guide," was one of the first two books I bought when I moved to Horry County.
A free lunch for your lawn and garden Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 12:52PMFALMOUTH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- You really don't need to buy fertilizer for your lawn and garden. There are many things you likely have in abundance that will do the same thing for free.
Some choose to remove pools rather than fix them Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 5:45AMMike Eckman's backyard swimming pool was "a good friend" for years, but with his children now grown it was hardly being used. And it needed costly repairs.
Some remove pools rather than fix them Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:03PMThere are about 5 million in-ground residential pools in the United States, according to the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals.
The Root of It All: Fall is best time to make lawn healthy again Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:34PMI have bare patches all over my lawn and more weeds thanI have ever seen. If I want to apply a weed killer, reseed my lawnand fertilize, what order should I do that in and when? - Marie,Racine.
It's almost time to plant your fescue Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 2:07AMQ. I plan on overseeding my lawn this fall with tall fescue. Could you tell me, when is the best time to do it? Would it be better to do this in spring?
Gardening Tips: Lawn care Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 7:02AMThe extraordinarily hot summer of 2010 continues as we approach mid August.
News in brief Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 8:40AMHere are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.
Agriculture Extension Update Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 1:24AMYork, Nebraska's most complete news source
Making a change, one container at a time Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 6:46AMStudents at Parkland Elementary have been making Earth-friendly weed killer and slug bait in an effort to have toxic pesticides banned. Ten-year-old Shelby shows a bottle of weed killer made by the class, which also made up jars of "Slug-B-Gone."
Vole Population Explosion Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 6:08PMMUCH TO THE SHA-GRIN OF LOCAL HOMEOWNERS, VOLES, A PUDGY MOUSE-LIKE RODENT, HAS SEEN A POPULATION EXPLOSION THIS SUMMER. GARY ADAMSON, THE CHEMICAL SPECIALIST AT TOWN AND COUNTRY SAYS, " IF THE WINTER IS MILD AND THE GROUND DOESN'T FREEZE UP TOO DEEP AND THERE IS ALOT OF COVER FOR THEM AND THERE IS A REASON TO REDUCE THE PREDATORS THAT EAT THEM YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASED NUMBER OF THEM."
Deadhead - you'll be grateful Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 4:20PMRemoving faded flowers keeps plants producing and looking good, but it does take some time.
I’ve learned to love dandelions Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 11:26PMI picked weeds from the lawn until it rained and my hands were blistered. Then I found dent de lion for sale at my grocery store
Almost 40 Years Later, Dominick Cottone’s Garden Is Thriving Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:09AMPatriotism and a Green Thumb Go a Long Way for Neighbors On a recent sunny, hot afternoon, neighbors Dominick Cottone, Mickey Purtill and Marlayne Mammone sat on Cottone’s front lawn jovially accusing each other of being the person responsible for the colorful island at the intersection of Oakdale Blvd. and Balcom Road in Farmingdale. The garden island sits in front of Cottone’s home on Oakdale ...
Federer-Nadal unlikely to meet in Rogers Cup final Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:56PMSwiss maestro's slip to No. 3 in world rankings should mean a semi-final meeting with his long-time nemesis in Toronto
Sylvania rejects funds to clear ash trees Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 7:32AMBy DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER With hundreds of ash trees in Sylvania's Harroun Park dead or dying from the emerald ash borer's ravages, the city faces a six-figure cleanup bill - but one for which it has turned down a possible federal grant. City council decided last week that it wasn't interested in a potential $190,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources ...
Tots and teddy bears in Essex Junction Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 7:00AMToddlers Ryder White and Collin Sicard were nestled on the grass sharing graham crackers as Matthew Witten and John Hadden of The Swing Peepers, sang "Hello, Hello Summertime" to greet people as they arrived at Maple Street Park in Essex Junction for the annual Teddy Bear Picnic on July 20.
Bringing back the boys of summer Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 10:35PM— With a swing they probably felt halfway to Hespeler, the batter launches a dirty ball of cowhide soaring toward the Grand River, sending the fielder into the sort of sprint they’ve been doing here for 100 years. sidebar:
Global Harvest Foods Chooses NetCharts Software Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 9:22PMNetCharts Performance Dashboards, NetCharts Server and NetCharts Designer to Ensure Production Efficiency and Management Effectiveness for Leading Provider of Specialty Seed Products ROCKVILLE, Md., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Visual Mining, a leader in business intelligence dashboard and data visualization solutions that instantly transforms data into actionable information, today announced that ...
Weeder of the pack Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 10:11AMSummer entertaining should be outdoorsy, casual and barefoot, right? Well, I invited six relatives to come stay for a week. And while I should be making name tags (they're all absent-minded) and planning Parcheesi tournies, I've got bigger problems. It's (sob) the lawn.
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Tips for turning your brown lawn green Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 3:29PMWith the heat wave many people might see a change in their lawn. Residents from the Forest Park area saw a drastic change from green to brown since the heat wave hit last week. Now, they have to repair it.
'Wild Grass' plays like inside joke Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 11:26PMWe like whimsy as much as the next person, but 100 minutes of idle fancy may be more than most can take.
Clearwater's latest watering schedule Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 2:16PMThe new watering schedule from the City of Clearwater allows lawn watering two days per week, before 10 a.m. and after 4 p.m. for all watering sources. Reclaimed customers can water lawns and landscaping on any day, before 10 a.m. and after 4 p.m.
Week 1 Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 5:09PMJuly 4-10
Take a walk on the wild side Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 11:17PMIt's an awe-inspiring wilderness in the rugged McPherson Range, south-east Queensland, a pristine haven for families, nature lovers, birdwatchers, trail blazers and bushwalkers.
San Angelo-area news in brief, 7/1 Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 8:46PMSan Angelo-area news in brief
The first week was a thriller – but the real excitement is yet to come Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 6:17PMLet the tournament begin. Wimbledon 2010 has already featured enough drama to fill a West End theatre for a year, yet as the 133rd Lawn Tennis Championships enter their second week there is a sense that the initial six days may have been a mere curtain-raiser for what is to come.
Wimbledon 2010: Women Who Have Made Wimbledon Great, A Royal Tribute Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 3:32PMWimbledon 2010 has been a royal occasion in more ways than one. Sure, the current queens of the tournament, Serena and Venus Williams, top the seedings and have sailed through to their rightful place in the second week. Of course, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal top the men’s list and have, rather less regally, sailed into Week two. But on Thursday, the questions these players were asked related ...
TENNIS Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 2:12AMTENNIS
Bike Cops For Kids plant seeds of kindness in tough neighborhoods Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 10:07PMMinneapolis bike officers reach out to children by giving them helmets and letting them know they are important. The officers push kids on swings, wade in park pools, lie in the grass for group pictures.
Winning Captions Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 7:23AMFor the giant skull in a garden
Lily and rose grower in it for love of the garden - and for the soul Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 11:51PMThe most important thing to do with a garden is to enjoy it, and Charlene Robinson does that exceedingly well.
This Week Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 11:20PMEntries are now being accepted for the Sourwood Festival logo contest.
For Koreas, business park remains a neutral zone Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 8:23PMThe complex just north of the border still employs hundreds of commuting South Koreans, despite escalating tensions. Some worry for the workers' safety. But neither side is willing to pull the plug. These are not the best of times to be stuck on the wrong side of the DMZ.
Soccer mania engulfs planet Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 7:43AMThe seeds for soccer's American revolution were sewn when Ike built the highways and the sprawl planners invented the suburbs. With suburbia, came lawns, and where there is grass, soccer grows. Great swaths of arid desert converted to lushness, goalposts were... United States - Sport - Soccer - Suburb - CONCACAF
Howell students man garden plot as part of school science program Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 9:47PMHOWELL — Science teacher Danielle Gianelos led students to the 10-foot by 15-foot garden plot on the Middle School South grounds.
This Week Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 11:20PMEntries are now being accepted for the Sourwood Festival logo contest.
Obituary: David Davie / Friendly neighbor dedicated to improving Crescent community Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 11:19PMDavid Davie, 78, of Crescent, was known for taking excellent care of not only his own yard, but also all the yards around him. He could often be seen along McGovern Boulevard, cutting grass, weed-whacking, shoveling snow and picking up trash.
Your land is your land, but keep it neat, eh? Saturday, June 5, 2010 @ 9:33PMI'm not a fan of the feral lawn, but done well they can be charming. But what if it's genuinely natural -- but ugly?
Cottonwood seeds on lawn looks like snow Tuesday, June 1, 2010 @ 7:09AMViewer photos of a lawn covered in cottonwood seeds make it look like it snowed in Northeast Ohio.
Tenacious ground ivy difficult to control Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 11:23PMQ. Ground ivy has just about taken over my lawn. Can you recommend anything to help me get it under control?
What's sprouting in your yard? Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 5:59PMWhen you go to the gas station or garden center and pick up afew bags of their wood chips or mulch, you have a plan in mind. Youwant to make your flower garden look more attractive with thatpretty red cedar mulch. Or maybe you want to keep weeds out bysmothering them with wood chips. Perhaps you have a shady areawhere nothing grows and you decide to make a path with woodchips.
Garden Detective: Strange-looking tomato troubles; Mexican feather grass a good idea? Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 5:41PMSome really strange things are happening with our tomatoes. The leaves are curling up and they get hard – not dried hard, just tough hard.
Patchwork: It started with raised beds in our driveway Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 2:08PM“I want my own patch!” Angus said every spring. “I am going to have carrots, lots of carrots. They’ll be mine.” “Me, too,” my other son, Charles, would chime in. “But I am going to have lots of vegetables, like tomatoes and radishes.”
Wimbledon becomes ‘Poetry Slam’ Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 4:24AMWimbledon, in collaboration with The Poetry Trust in Britain, has appointed its first “Championships Poet” to capture the flavour and fervour of the oldest of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments and the only one played on grass.
Poetic flavour at Wimbledon Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 8:55AMWimbledon has appointed its first "Championships Poet" to capture the flavour of the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament.
Wimbledon appoints first ‘Championships Poet’ Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 8:19AMLONDON, May 19 — The grand old dame of Grand Slam tennis now has its very own poet laureate. Wimbledon, in collaboration with The Poetry Trust in Britain, has appointed its first “Championships Poet” to capture the flavour and fervour of the oldest of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments and the only one played on grass. British poet Matt ...
Wimbledon appoints 'Championships Poet' to sum up tournament action Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 6:26PMWIMBLEDON, United Kingdom - If Roger Federer's performances at Wimbledon weren't already the stuff of poetry, they certainly will be this year.