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In the garden with Felder: Exposed roots? Celebrate them
Oops! My roots are showing, but it's OK.
Southern Gardening: Dianthus varieties add color to landscape in cool weather
I don't think you can go wrong with some dianthus in your landscape in 2020.
In the garden with Felder: Check out this 'Gardener's Bill of Rights'
Life has enough pressures, why include them in the garden?
Southern Gardening: Zinnia elegans are ideal flowers for summertime
Now that we're fully into January, it's time to get serious about planning our gardens for 2020.
In the garden with Felder: Checking out those 'somethings of the year'
Just got another email alert about a plant being promoted alluringly as the 2020 Something of the Year. There's always something.
Southern Gardening: Tips can make garden work easier in 2020
In the gym this morning, I noticed there were many, many more people exercising than usual. It struck me that these folks were following through on their New Year's resolutions to improve themselves for 2020 -- at least for a while.
In the garden with Felder: There's interest to be found outside the 'even -Steven' mindset
Don't know when or why, but somewhere along the line I stopped being an "even" numbers guy. Now I'm a happily odd guy, at least when it comes to symmetry in the garden.
Southern Gardening: Ancient art of gardening still brings rewards today
As we bid farewell to 2019, I've been reflecting on gardens and gardening in general. I wrote several weeks ago about the changing attitudes and current perceptions that home gardeners have about their landscapes and gardens.
Southern Gardening: Gary highlights four plant winners of 2019
The problems started with a bit cooler and much wetter spring season.
In the garden with Felder: Raise up a Southern child right
Good tidings from the South's winter garden! I plucked a fistful of super fragrant paperwhite daffodils last week, the first of my cherished winter flowers -- a week before winter officially started.
Southern Gardening: Try these kale varieties for colorful, edible gardens
I'm continuing to catch up with my landscape and garden work after an extremely busy fall and early winter season.
In the garden with Felder: Get creative with 'confinement'
My yard is now a better garden, in the medieval sense of the word. A new custom-designed entry gate has created a special feeling of being set apart from the outside. As it should.
Southern Gardening: Cool-season veggies are good in gardens, meals
Winter is finally here, whether you go by the meteorological date of Dec.1 or the upcoming astrological date of Dec. 21.
In the garden with Felder: Some year-end decisions in the garden
My leaf and compost pile is breaking my mind's heart. Heaps of once-had-to-have plants have been left to rot into more useful soil amendments.
Southern Gardening: Savannah hollies decorate landscapes past Christmas
I love when the calendar strikes Dec. 1, because it means we are officially in the Christmas season.
In the garden with Felder: Looking back on autumn's show
I'm already missing autumn's dazzling display of colors, while right in the middle of one of the best in memory.
Southern Gardening: Sorbet violas offer rich variety of winter color
For cool-season color, you can't beat the old-fashioned plants our grandparents called Johnny jump-ups.
In the garden with Felder: To rake, or not to rake
To rake or not to rake is something that comes up every autumn, with proponents of both the pros and cons rarely offering a literally middle-ground solution.
Southern Gardening: Leaf structure explains marvel of fall color change
I am thoroughly thankful I made the move to coastal Mississippi a dozen years ago.
In the garden with Felder: Did your garden get 'booglified'?
Far as I know, there isn't a formal word for what happens when frozen summer plants melt into a greenish glob. But botanically and practically, it's nasty.
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