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Raised beds pros and cons rewrite

There are many ways of structuring your garden. One way that is gaining popularity is raised beds.

A raised bed garden consists of erecting beds of soil on top of the ground. Like any gardening style, there are advantages and disadvantages of raised bed gardening. There are also a few options to consider when creating your [...]

Your government is giving spammers your email-update

Here is a quick update to my last post regarding the release of email addresses by my State Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

I just posted two messages to my State Senators regarding the release of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s newsletter subscriber list per the order of the Maine state Attorney Generals [...]

Is your government giving your email address to spammers?

Let me first apologize to my loyal readers for this post. Is is not the typical type of posts I write, but the subject has raised my hackles enough that I need to vent, and you need to know this anyway.

I recently received an email from my State Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. They [...]

Can you use softened water for your misting system?

Of course you can use water that has passed through a water softener to mist your cuttings with. It will provide the exact same amount of moisture that non-softened water will. However, that is pretty much all the benefit it will provide.

What is softened water?

Softened water is water that has gone through a process to [...]

5 Warm Season Ornamental Grasses

Are you wondering which varieties of grasses are considered warm season grass? Here is a short list of species that are considered warm season grasses.

Miscanthus
Cortaderia
Pennisetum
Panicum
Andropogon

These grasses actively grow during the hottest days of summer. They actually prefer temperatures above 82 degrees F, and will slow their growth as the temperature drops. All these grasses will [...]

Controlling Rhizoctonia Web Blight On Azalea Cuttings

Rhizoctonia web blight is a persistent problem with Azaleas. It is a fungal disease that cannot be detected by the human eye, which makes it extremely difficult to control. The fungus can be present on stem cuttings and then transferred to nursery stock which can then infect entire Azalea crops, making a vicious circle of [...]

How To Make Your Plants Bloom More-Why You Should Be Root Pruning Your Plants

Do your plants have plenty of nutrition, water and light but not performing as well as you had hoped? You might want to think of root pruning, a process that consists of cutting the roots of the plant to promote new root growth and flowering.

Root pruning works by forcing the plant to grow new roots [...]

New Japanese Beetle Quarantine For 2010 In Colorado

Read the article at CSU Extension website and download the quarantine summary in PDF format.

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5 Cool Season Ornamental Grasses

What is a cool season grass?

Cool season grass prefer to grow in cooler weather and go into a dormant type state during hot weather.

Here is a short list of cool season grasses.

Arrhenatherum
Most Festuca
Koeleria
Calamagrostis x acutiflora
Alopecurus

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Fungi May Hold Key to Reducing Grapefruit Juice Interactions with Medications

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If you have read my previous post about interactions between medications and everyday foods and herbal supplements, you may want to read this article from the USDA website. I have posted it in its entirety below, but be sure to visit their website.

Fungi May Hold Key to Reducing Grapefruit Juice Interactions with Medications

By [...]