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The Fourth of July is over, the fireworks are done, fall crafts and the back-to-school sections are starting to show up in the various stores. All that means is that thoughts are starting to turn fall. For a gardener right now, tomatoes are still producing, okra is growing, but the rest of the garden is…
Salvia plants in the authorâs garden are appreciated by humans, but the aroma is not attractive to deer and other herbivores. PHOTO BY MARI LANE GEWECKE Mari Lane Gewecke COURTESY PHOTO BY NIKKI MOORE For most of us, resistance to predation by wildlife must be considered when choosing new plants for the landscape. Deer, rabbits…
SHOPPERS have been sent into a frenzy after Home Bargains unveiled brand new garden centres in time for summer. The popular retailer took to TikTok to announce the news to fellow green-fingered Brits who want to zhuzh up their outdoor space without spending a fortune. 3 Shoppers can check out the garden centres in 50…
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Every time I look out the window and see yet more snow flurries, I have to shake off wondering if we will see our gardens in production this year. I keep telling myself that there are now robins and eagles around and they wouldnât be if the end of winter wasnât here. Still, the wait…
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls mosquitoes the “world’s deadliest animal.” It’s a weighty moniker for an insect that weighs just 2.5 milligrams, but it’s well deserved because vector-borne diseases, including those transmitted by mosquitoes, cause more than 700,000 deaths worldwide every year. According to the University of Alaska, “the oldest mosquito…
IT’S THAT TIME of the year when shadowy corners and spooky forms appear in the gloaming garden — and I’m not talking about ghosts and goblins. The following popular garden plants, many at their wicked best in fall, are toxic. In many cases, toxin levels are low, or the amount of plant material you would…
The Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for southeast Wyoming starting at midnight tonight and continuing through 8 am on Saturday, October 7. The warning area includes Cheyenne, Laramie, Douglas, and several other communities in southeast Wyoming and the Nebraska Panhandle. The agency posted the following on it’s website:…
As I write this, we are extremely dry. I tried to plant a few perennials this past week and it was too dry to even dig. The good news is that every time I write a column about how we need rain, it rains. So, my fingers are crossed. I am holding off on planting…
