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January 8, 2012

Column: “The Garden Girl” – Every Saturday at 2pm on Claycord.com – San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Column: “The Garden Girl” – Every Saturday at 2pm on Claycord.com
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
In 2003 I began to write a garden column for our local paper the Clayton Pioneer where I am called the Garden Girl. This is where I have been sharing gardening tips, fertilizer advice, and plant suggestions. My column has been a great way to spread the

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December 23, 2011

Garden Gnome: Book has helpful tips on seeds – The Augusta Chronicle

Garden Gnome: Book has helpful tips on seeds
The Augusta Chronicle
A toad lily that has done well for a couple of years in a large pot in the shade garden had seeds this year. According to the book, the seeds should be sowed at 68 degrees for a month, stratified for a month then moved to 50 degrees to germinate.

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December 2, 2011

San Jose Tree Service Company, Palomares Tree and Gardening Service Offers … – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

San Jose Tree Service Company, Palomares Tree and Gardening Service Offers
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
San Jose's professional landscaper, Palomares Tree and Gardening Service, offers helpful tips on fall planting. San Jose professional landscaper Palomares Tree and Gardening Service provides 10 easy tips on how to protect gardens during the fall season

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November 22, 2011

Tips on how to create a garden bog – Northampton Chronicle & Echo


Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Tips on how to create a garden bog
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Winter is a good time to think about creating this type of garden as there aren't quite as many jobs that need to be done at this time of year. It also means the area will be ready for planting in spring. Generally it is easier to create a bog garden

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November 13, 2011

Gifts for Gardeners — Let’s Get Literary! – Houston Chronicle (blog)


Houston Chronicle (blog)
Gifts for Gardeners — Let's Get Literary!
Houston Chronicle (blog)
This little magazine does give lots of gardening tips and advice. But more than that, it's fun to read. It's just an old-fashioned, hold-in-your-hand, Readers Digest-type collection of articles (are you listening, would-be gardening writers?)

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September 26, 2011

Les Cockrell: Gardening event planned at Denton Bible Church campus – Denton Record Chronicle


Denton Record Chronicle
Les Cockrell: Gardening event planned at Denton Bible Church campus
Denton Record Chronicle
Presentations begin at 10 am with Charles Youts, executive chef of the Classic Cafe in Roanoke, sharing cooking tips incorporating fresh herbs. At 11 am, Sue Newhouse and Trish Percy will discuss vegetable gardening in containers and small spaces.

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September 1, 2011

Hundreds look to Master Gardeners for tips to improve lawns, landscaping – Crossville Chronicle

Hundreds look to Master Gardeners for tips to improve lawns, landscaping
Crossville Chronicle
Tuesday, Cumberland County Master Gardeners were busy helping to educate the visitors to the Fall Gardeners Festival about best practices and new developments in horticulture. "This is a great time to help educate people on caring for their lawns or

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August 3, 2011

Yard care tips from lawn expert Thomas Christopher – San Francisco Chronicle

Yard care tips from lawn expert Thomas Christopher
San Francisco Chronicle
I keep struggling with them," says Christopher, editor of the just-published "The New American Landscape: Leading Voices on the Future of Sustainable Gardening" (Timber Press, .95). "I try to persuade people to do it in an easier, more environmental

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July 19, 2011

Plateau Gardening: Perennial care in July – Crossville Chronicle

Plateau Gardening: Perennial care in July
Crossville Chronicle
Perennials with flowers at stem tips and good looking foliage below which benefit from similar pruning techniques are cannas (Cannaceae spp.), Nippon daisies (Nipponanthemum nipponicum) and Joe Pye weed (Eupatorium maculatum). Plateau Gardening is

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June 19, 2011

Tips for growing strawberries in foggy SF – San Francisco Chronicle

Tips for growing strawberries in foggy SF
San Francisco Chronicle
A: Strawberries, like many gardeners living in the path of our cold summer ocean breeze, would prefer temperatures to be just a bit warmer. They don't want valley heat, just a few degrees higher in the day and night. But with careful attention to

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