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Entries for March 2008

Control Those Digging Dogs and Cats

How to keep Fido and Fluffy from ruining your beautiful beds.

Liverwort

There are a lot of reasons to love liverwort. It’s tough and dependable. It’s a discreet, low-maintenance beauty. It’s one of the earliest spring flowers, raising its ethereal stems and tiny blossoms in March or April.

String Trimmers

Use a string trimmer to put the finishing touches on your yard.

Easy-Care Easter Lilies

A common gift plant this time of year, Easter lilies (Lilium longiflorum) will thrive if you follow a few simple rules.

Strawberry Popcorn

With some plants, the fun begins when the season ends. That’s the case with strawberry popcorn, a compact heirloom corn that produces tiny 2- to 3-inch ears of jewel-bright, mahogany-red kernels.

Add Irish Flair

Show your Irish spirit this St. Patrick’s Day with green-blooming flowers.

A Dreamy Hornbeam

Its smooth, blue-gray trunk has vertical fluting that looks like muscles, and it carries male and female flowers (catkins) in early spring and winged nutlets in fall and winter.

Make Your Garden a Hummingbird Magnet

Posted in: Garden Wildlife

 Hummingbirds depend on the quick energy provided by flower nectar to fuel their turbo-charged lifestyles.

How To Install Your Own Mowing Strip

Here’s how you can install your own mowing strip with brick or cement.

Designing Paths and Walkways

Learn how to design garden paths that are safe, beautiful, and complementary to your home.