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9780967092706

Putting down Roots : A Delightful Blend of Gardening Wisdom, Wit and Whimsy

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    9780967092706

  • ISBN10:

    0967092701

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 1999-05-01
  • Publisher: Cliff Johnson Marketing
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Table of Contents

WINTER
What causes an interest in gardening to germinate?
2(3)
Gardeners reveal their New Year's resolutions
5(3)
Only one foolproof solution for this Christmas gift
8(3)
Master Gardener shares her tried & true gardening tips
11(4)
Consider distinctive plants when planning your landscape
15(5)
The good news and the bad news about house plants
20(1)
Ice, -40° and rabbits still better than armadillo and javelina!
20(2)
Water + sun right formula for a blooming desert
22(2)
Trip to Egypt reveals much beauty in irrigated desert
24(3)
Mid-March drive down I-35 not all drab brown
27(2)
What annual flower is planted more than any other?
29(2)
'Real' gardeners see flowers out their window year-round
31(3)
Start begonia seeds now, tomato seeds April 1
34(2)
Starting seeds indoors extends gardening season
36(2)
Seed order arrival marks official start of gardening season
38(6)
SPRING
Hungry? Try maple syrup + pulverized corn + bear fat
44(2)
It's tough to grow trophy pumpkins in compacted clay
46(2)
Bountiful gardens begin with healthy soil
48(2)
Planting trees? Dig a 'basin,' not a pit
50(2)
Experts name favorite trees for storm-ravaged yards
52(3)
Maples can wow you with dazzling fall color
55(3)
1998 spring rivals 1987 and 1977 as earliest on record
58(3)
Select award-winning varieties for best garden results
61(2)
Early spring guidelines for growing a healthy lawn
63(2)
Crabgrass control, pruning flowering shrubs, and winterkill
65(2)
A lawn is just one idea for your yard
67(2)
Really hot water best treatment for poison ivy
69(2)
Oak wilt...frost damage...or some new mystery disease?
71(2)
My advice: Don't plant Colorado blue spruce
73(3)
Tips for preventing winterkill in evergreens
76(2)
For gardeners, Saturday was a day to remember
78(2)
Bits and pieces about gardening in June
80(4)
SUMMER
Card-carrying Minnesotans should know a pine from a spruce
84(3)
Mid-summer musings on the joy and pain of gardening
87(3)
Hybrid poplars attracting attention of state's landowners
90(3)
Sightseeing bike ride ends up in blueberry patch
93(2)
Help Arboretum celebrate its 40th birthday this summer
95(3)
Beautiful, easy care shrub roses goal of local project
98(2)
For dazzling flowers, begin with All-America selections
100(2)
Soil that moves? You needed to be there.
102(2)
If your yard must have a birch tree, plant a river birch
104(2)
Groundcovers good alternative to grass in special sites
106(3)
Don't let construction damage do in your precious trees
109(2)
Formula for butterflies: Nectar plants, habitat, no pesticides
111(3)
Monsoon season offers new array of gardening challenges
114(3)
Lessons I've learned about gardening in 1997
117(2)
Flowers on a mound? Maybe...if you follow the rules
119(2)
Trip to East Coast highlighted by historic garden tours
121(5)
AUTUMN
Bring back forgotten sport of 'batting corncobs'
126(3)
Phone call from Genevieve rewards volunteer
129(2)
Milkweed juice for warts, columbine for head lice
131(2)
Buying firewood confusing game for first-timers
133(3)
Walnut trees cause of greatest number of phone calls
136(3)
Imagine -- not a single `big tree' in Carver County!
139(2)
Fresh salsa good weapon against mosquitoes
141(2)
Ornamental grasses add year-round variety to garden
143(3)
`Dangerous gang' threatening native plant communities
146(3)
Greece and Turkey trip reveals many horticultural highlights
149(2)
Have you prepared your garden for winter stress?
151(2)
1,000-pound pumpkin in `96? It's possible...
153(2)
Plant your own kaleidoscope of fall color
155(3)
Composting transforms yard wastes into useful soil
158(2)
Ornamental annual vines nice addition to garden
160(2)
Choose the right tool for the job...or invent it yourself
162(3)
About the author 165

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