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The night blooming cereus
For about eleven-and-one-half months of the year, the night blooming cereus is one ugly plant. It is basically a stick. Long and leggy, it needs to be supported by a trellis ( or tied to the porch railing as...
August 3, 2007 5:45 pm
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First look at the new, compact Balmoral Squash
This is Squash Balmoral, a new introduction from Park. Since it's its first year, I thought I'd put some images out there. Today, the first squash on this plant is 4 inches in diameter. Since they're advertised as producing...
August 3, 2007 12:28 pm
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The stories behind the 'Mortgage Lifter' tomato and small seedless watermelons -- and a zucchini fritters recipe
Mortgage Lifter Tomato at Monticello: The Mortgage Lifter tomato was developed in the early 1930's in Logan, West Virginia by a radiator repairman, M.C. "Radiator Charlie" Byles. Without any experience in breeding, he made a successful cross of four...
August 3, 2007 10:08 am
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How one gardener began
Recently someone asked me how I got to love gardening and I didn't have to think too hard to come up with an answer. My grandparents on my dad's side were Italian and they were both "out in the yard"...
August 3, 2007 8:54 am
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Giant Tomatoes: If you like that sort of thing
I just received a book that some of you might be interested in. Giant Tomatoes: How to grow giant tomatoes, and lots of little ones too, by Marvin H. Meisner, M.D ($19.95). They previously published a book about giant pumpkins....
August 1, 2007 2:15 pm
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Peat cheat sheet
While working over a wire story about mulches for this Sunday's Lifebeat Home section, I came upon this undated but tidy summary of peats from House and Garden. It explains a lot. I'd heard about the controversy over the use...
July 31, 2007 2:59 pm
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Gardener's field trip: Elm Bank
OK. So it took more than the lure of a day in the gardens to entice me this weekend to Elm Bank, headquarters of the Massachusetts Horticulture Society, in Wellesley, Mass. I went up for their yearly fundraising antiques...
July 30, 2007 5:15 pm
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The year of tiny garlic
"Have you pulled your garlic yet? You should," asked my colleague Sara Cooke Friday. She had given me bulbs from her husband's garden to plant last fall, and periodically checked in to see how they were doing.. "I pulled...
July 29, 2007 9:25 am
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