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Finally, planting trees

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These past two weeks Kit and I have fretted and fussed about trees: We’ve confessed poor choices and […]

Lise Jenkins October 8, 2020 Articles, Plants

How to kill a tree

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These are good days to plant trees, you can do it right or you can lay a trap […]

Lise Jenkins October 1, 2020 Articles, Plants

Misadventures with trees

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When Kit first moved into her home 28 years ago there were so many trees that one could […]

Lise Jenkins September 24, 2020 Articles, Plants

Why do you garden?

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Every garden has to have an aim attached to it – otherwise it simply doesn’t make sense. A […]

Lise Jenkins September 17, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management

Tale of a Japanese maple

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When I first saw the Japanese maple, Acer palmatum ‘Mikawa yatsubusa’, it literally stopped me in my tracks […]

Lise Jenkins September 10, 2020 Articles, Plants

When is a bulb not a bulb?

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Recently a garden group asked me to give a presentation on bulbs. When I replied that I really […]

Lise Jenkins September 3, 2020 Articles, Plants

Change in the weather

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Soon, the weather will transition from one season to the next. It’s too hot outside to be enjoying […]

Lise Jenkins August 27, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management

Trades made

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Last week I introduced you to my neighborhood’s Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) conundrum: Choose between synthetic or organic […]

Lise Jenkins August 20, 2020 Articles, Insects and Wildlife

Garden trade-offs

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It started with a question posted to our neighborhood forum: “Looking for a company to treat our landscape […]

Lise Jenkins August 13, 2020 Articles, Insects and Wildlife

Good grooming

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It is a truism that plants, like people, benefit from good grooming. And, as with people, good grooming […]

Lise Jenkins August 6, 2020 Articles, Plants

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