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Thoughts on pesticides

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Kit makes a supreme effort to keep pesticides and herbicides where they belong: on the shelves of the […]

Lise Jenkins October 22, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management

Rain, in my garden

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As we slip from summer into fall, my garden looks different. New flowers are taking the stage as […]

Lise Jenkins October 15, 2020 Articles, Gardens and Management, Soil and Water

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

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