Dogs – Now and Then
Some dogs were kept outside day and night. They slept in doghouses. They had little contact with the family and little or no contact with other people and other dogs. They lived their lives in the yard.
Archive for Columns
Companion planting – a little help from their friends
Tomatoes in your asparagus bed are said to foil asparagus beetles and members of the onion family are thought to discourage the carrot rust fly.
A tour of the 2010 CT Flower & Garden Show
The exhibits included structures, patios, fire pits, water features, retaining walls, specimen trees, flowering shrubs and masses of bulbs forced into bloom for this winter spectacle.
The fine art of weeding
The other reason to pull out weeds during their spring season infancy is to prevent the weed from making flowers that will then produce seeds.
Home-Schooling: Current trends and information you can use!
*Home-educators and their families are not dependent on public, tax-funded resources. In the state of Oregon alone, they saved taxpayers at least $61 million dollars per year.
Early spring: what to do now in the garden
One pruning chore you can do right now includes cutting back the summer blooming shrubs such as Hypericum (St. Johnswort), Potentilla, PeeGee Hydrangea, Bumald Spirea and Japanese Spirea.
2009 CT Flower & Garden Show: a spring break in full bloom
The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut is an integral part of the flower and garden show each year
Think about those long winter months when you plan your garden this spring
Our new HTNP.com columnist shares tips on creating color in the winter garden. [Editor's note: Please welcome our new HTNP.com gardening columnist, Cheryl Pedemonti, who will contribute items periodically in which she shares her expertise and her passion for gardening. You'll also see she's a wonderful photographer- Brenda Sullivan ] Most people think the gardening [...]
Black Dog
At the ballgame. Photo by Brenda Sullivan. Black dog trotting down the street, looking neither right nor left, preoccupied, intent on where he’s going. That dogs have places to go, appointments to keep; that we are not alone on earth with obligations, to some is disconcerting. It irks their vanity to concede a trait in [...]
