Sweet peas should be planted early in spring

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Posted by admin to How-to on 2008-03-04, 06:00:00

I've never been very successful with sweat peas. I don't get it. I love them, and it seems to me if you love a plant, it should grow for you. Don't you think? I'm sure it's my fault, though. I...

An easy way to prune roses

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Posted by admin to How-to on 2008-02-27, 12:11:17

I have to admit right up front that I only have three roses to prune. Two ('Lyda Rose' and Rosa glauca) take very little pruning, basically just shaping and thinning. One, Rosa sericea pteracantha, I cut to the ground every...

Now’s a good time to organize

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Posted by admin to How-to on 2008-01-25, 11:04:30

Man oh man, am I ever behind. I promised this blog last Thursday and here it finally is. One of the reasons I've been so busy is that The Oregonian has debuted a new, bimonthly magazine called H+G Northwest. It...

It’s cold out there

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Posted by admin to How-to on 2008-01-21, 13:22:47

As I write this at 1:30 p.m., it is 37 degrees outside (at least it is in downtown Portland) and expected to go to 22 degrees tonight, which is the lowest forecast for this week. We tend to panic when...