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Virtues: We love ‘Lizzano’ and ‘Terenzo’ tomatoes for their tasty fruit, high yield, disease resistance and their growing habit. Both are cherry tomatoes with a compact size that makes them perfect for containers or small …

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Winner(s) of the “Horticultural Name-That-Baby” Contest!
April 3, 2011 – 10:44 am | 10 Comments
Winner(s) of the “Horticultural Name-That-Baby” Contest!

I’ve dillydallied long enough. You want to know what we’re going to call this kid, right?

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Gardening in the Third Trimester: A Guide
March 19, 2011 – 4:33 pm | 4 Comments
Gardening in the Third Trimester: A Guide

So, you want to garden until the bitter end? Like MIA at the Grammys or Amy Poehler doing the Palin rap? Here’s how.

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Hoarders: The Seed Edition
March 13, 2011 – 5:57 pm | 9 Comments
Hoarders: The Seed Edition

I have purchased enough seeds, corms, tubers and bulbs for this year to keep a non-pregnant, in-shape, unemployed woman busy for eons. Is this part of the nesting impulse?
I’m certain I need an intervention.

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Better Luck Next Year, Charlie Brown…
March 7, 2011 – 6:48 pm | 14 Comments
Better Luck Next Year, Charlie Brown…

And when I say “Charlie Brown” that’s code for “Chicago Flower and Garden Show“…

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Poinsettiamas 2011
February 28, 2011 – 5:40 pm | No Comment
Poinsettiamas 2011

Poinsettiamas is here at last. I know, you’re thinking it comes late this year- but it’s really all in relation to when Paczki Day falls.

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Surprise! Twin Girls!
February 20, 2011 – 5:41 pm | 5 Comments
Surprise! Twin Girls!

Who gets this lucky?

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Potting Shed Humor
February 16, 2011 – 5:41 pm | 2 Comments
Potting Shed Humor

I’ve got a bunch of ideas and things that I’m percolating on writing down.
But I haven’t yet– so here’s a video that almost made me wet my pants. Although these days, it doesn’t take much…

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Weeping Trees: The Hard Way
January 30, 2011 – 3:08 pm | 5 Comments
Weeping Trees: The Hard Way

I’m not sure where I stand when it comes to contemporary art- but when contemporary art includes plants as a medium?
All aboard!

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Seed List, Redirected
January 29, 2011 – 9:52 am | No Comment
Seed List, Redirected

It’s that time of year where everyone is talking seeds. Not to be out done, I’m doing it in unusual places…

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On Forcing Bulbs….
January 16, 2011 – 2:25 pm | 4 Comments
On Forcing Bulbs….

It’s that time of winter where gardeners everywhere are enjoying bulbs they’ve forced- or they are forcing some right now. We all need to see a little green that isn’t Poinsettia related to remind …

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The Completely Horticultural “Name That Baby!” Contest
January 5, 2011 – 5:19 pm | 120 Comments
The Completely Horticultural “Name That Baby!” Contest

Well, Dan has nixed Poppy, Marigold, Zinnia and Larkspur as possibilities for a girl’s name.  He hated the idea of Carolus Linnaeus for a boy…
Help us, please.

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