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Gardening
No slugs devouring this Homer garden
No slugs devouring this Homer garden
By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • September 5, 2013 8:03 am

Slugs? Slugs? What slugs? There aren’t any in this garden. They must be in yours. Or, better yet, the ice…

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Last year’s loss an opportunity to try something new
Last year’s loss an opportunity to try something...
By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • August 21, 2013 6:40 pm

Egad! Methinks it has been a whole month since I last talked to you. There is much to be said,…

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Gardens soak up the summer sunshine
Gardens soak up the summer sunshine
By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • July 17, 2013 4:26 pm

This is proving to be an astounding growing season. The vegetable garden is producing with a single-minded purpose — to…

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When it comes to gardening, follow this advice: Do what pleases you
When it comes to gardening, follow this advice:...
July 2, 2013 4:13 pm

So there I am, my friend has asked me about his honeysuckle that has three live leaves. It was planted…

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Finding right spot for right plant perennial challenge for gardeners
Finding right spot for right plant perennial challenge...
By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • June 19, 2013 4:29 pm

The iris setosa (our native iris) thrives in a very boggy area of the garden. There are even marsh marigolds…

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Jenni Medley looks through an assortment of plants and seedlings available Saturday at the Homer Garden Club’s annual plant sale. -Photo by Lori Evans, Homer News
Damage from winter’s ice presents Homer gardeners with...
By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • June 5, 2013 5:57 pm

It is a tad difficult to be upbeat when the majority of the plants in my perennial beds are dead….

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Give seedlings time to acclimate to spring
Give seedlings time to acclimate to spring
By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • May 22, 2013 5:42 pm

The seedlings have been lingering in the greenhouse longer than intended. Gee, I wonder why … They are close to…

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Be prepared for a late gardening start
Be prepared for a late gardening start
By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • May 8, 2013 3:27 pm

It is cold. Really cold. So as I bundled up and reminded myself that I do indeed live at latitude…

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Now’s the time to think about trees, shrubs
Now’s the time to think about trees, shrubs
By Rosemare Fitzpatrick • April 24, 2013 1:26 pm

“April is the cruellest month …” –— T.S.Eliot And here we are enduring a very nasty April indeed. We have…

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Stay true to this: Garden for yourself
Stay true to this: Garden for yourself
April 10, 2013 2:08 pm

Editor’s Note: For 20 years Rosemary Fitzpatrick encouraged area gardeners in her column in the Homer News, the Kachemak Gardener….

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Prune your trees. Now.
Prune your trees. Now.
By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • March 27, 2013 12:25 pm

Editor’s Note: For 20 years Rosemary Fitzpatrick encouraged area gardeners in her column in the Homer News, the Kachemak Gardener….

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Ponder this: You, too, can garden
Ponder this: You, too, can garden
March 18, 2013 3:39 pm

(Editor’s Note: For 20 years Rosemary Fitzpatrick encouraged area gardeners in her column in the Homer News, the Kachemak Gardener….

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