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Miracle-Gro… Friend or Foe?

Amy Stewart started an interesting thread on her Dirt blog about Scotts Miracle-Gro’s aquisition of Whitney Farms. .. which got me thinking… which got her thinking… anyway, just jump in wherever you want. What does all this mean for organic...

I have a water garden!

I’m too lazy to maintain a pond with pumps and filters and fish and plants and pH imbalances and fish diseases and fish predators and invasive plants and mosquitoes and pond scum… so… a half barrel and little ceramic pot (impulse purchase) from Home...

My Annie’s order arrived

1- Verbena bonariensis4- ‘Apricot’ Cosmos (Woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!)1- lavender breadseed poppy As usual, everything arrived from Annie’s Annuals & Perennials ultra-well-packaged. Each potted plant’s rootball was wrapped in newspaper, bound with...

April Colors

A stunning heuchera, coleus and iris combo at Talini’s Nursery in Sacramento Who knew ornamental kale had such pretty flowers?!!! This is outside Cost Plus on Fulton Avenue in...