That was until Ebersole decided to start swapping her annuals and perennials for native plants that are more tolerant of the region's climate. "They can take the heat," she said. "In a drought year I may once give it some water, but that's it." ...
As a kid I spent hours poring over football annuals, obsessing over clean-sheets records, attendances and county-league statistics. But data is a complicated business. Statistics are meant to be absolute, but once you start asking how they have been ...
Instead of planting in rigidly symmetrical rows and boxes, for example, let certain annuals like cleome self-sow. "We need to let go of being control freaks," Sawyers says easily. "Relax. Let the plants do their thing." Other stuff, too. Instead of ...
For instance, if you have annuals, you may decide to let them fend for themselves without water. This includes vegetables such as tomatoes and zucchini. If you're a plant lover or someone who takes pleasure in watching your garden mature and evolve ...
Landscaping class: Lloyd Singleton, landscape manager for The Breakers, will teach classes on "Annuals and Non-Woody Perennials" on Thursday evenings beginning Jan. 10 through May at Palm Beach Community College. A visit to The Breakers gardens is ...
Continue fertilizing vegetables and annuals with a mixture of fish emulsion, seaweed powder and one tablespoon molasses per gallon of water about every two weeks. Seaweed powder has really made a difference since I began using it a couple of years ago ...
Master Gardeners go through extensive training in horticulture and related topics, including plant science; soils and fertility; entomology; plant pathology; fruit, nuts and berries; vegetables; landscape design; woody ornamentals; flowering annuals ...
Lake County Master Gardeners Plant Sale, sales of annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 13; Lake County Horticultural Learning Center's Discovery Gardens, 1951 Woodlea Road, Tavares; free, plant prices $1-$25; 352-343-4101, ask ...
There's a growing appreciation among gardeners of plants ''for their shape and their form and their geometry and the elegance that comes with that, as opposed to the 'I just want to grow annuals' or 'Give me my petunias or roses,' '' said Debra Lee ...
T he holidays are all about the joy of gift-giving. Now, there's a sense of relief after the frantic rush to buy toys for family, friends and loved ones. But in Newport News, Bruce Liverman hasn't stopped making toys for strangers. He spends about 3 ...
