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Now’s the time to plan your winter garden

Mitsy Krzywicki — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:20:41 +0000

So, the summer has almost gone, the garden has produced its goodness and you are just about ready to dig it all under and call it quits? Wait, don’t be so quick to stop on all the fun. You can…

DIY composting

Mitsy Krzywicki — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:53:49 +0000

If you have a sizable garden, and a healthy lawn, there is no reason you can’t create your own compost.

Good compost is pricey, and much of what I see on the market is not very well composted, especially the cheaper…

Oleander: Look but do not touch

Mitsy Krzywicki — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:45:55 +0000

We’ve seen them everywhere: The white, pink and magenta flowers appear where little else is in bloom. These tough-as-nails plants thrive along our freeways up and down the state.

Oleanders, the perfect shrub for our hot summer climate.

Perfect? In many respects…

What’s Eating You?

Mitsy Krzywicki — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:27:24 +0000

We have managed to get our plants and seedlings past the killing frost, and now something is eating them. Some sleuthing will reveal the culprit.

Snails and slugs leave telltale slime trails, and generally eat the plant down to the stem.

Grasshoppers and crickets eat even more.

Time to plant!

Mitsy Krzywicki — Sun, 18 May 2008 04:33:24 +0000

By now, hopefully you've read my first column about selecting a good garden site, incorporating lots of good compost and weeding it bare! But, even if you are still in the process of soil preparation, lets talk about what to plant.

Get growing!By Mitsy Krzywicki

Mitsy Krzywicki — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:29:10 +0000

Note from Doni: Please join me in welcoming Mitsy Kyzywicki and her first gardening column, Get Up and Grow! Mitsy, a top-notch graphic artist and illustrator, is also is a wealth of information about plants and gardening. I trust you’ll…