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Staff — June 16, 2015 The plants you cultivate need more than sun and water to thrive. In addition to tender loving care, they need macro- and micronutrients provided in the proper balance. These nutrients occur naturally in soil, but Read More
Staff — June 9, 2015 Everyone’s buzzing about it. The Task Force that was formed in 2014 to study the plight of pollinators has just released the results of its work. (To recap: Just about a year ago, President Obama Read More
Sally Benson — June 3, 2015 My grandmother was an early adopter, of sorts. She kept all manner of house plants, especially in the parlor, but toted them out to the front porch in summer to dazzle the neighbors with Read More
Sally Benson — June 3, 2015 My grandmother was an early adopter, of sorts. She kept all manner of house plants, especially in the parlor, but toted them out to the front porch in summer to dazzle the neighbors with Read More
Staff — June 1, 2015 Friends of the Earth and the Pesticide Research Institute released a new report, Growing Bee-Friendly Garden Plants: Profiles In Innovation, which provides examples of wholesale nurseries, retailers and institutions that are responding to consumer demand Read More
Staff — May 28, 2015 If you don’t gather them today, at least inspect them. They may be infected by rose rosette virus (RRV). Rose rosette disease can be tricky. Its transmission involves three players: a virus, which is vectored Read More
Sally Benson — May 26, 2015 Yes, it’s an annual. But Tropaeolum, commonly known as nasturtium, neatly bridges the gap between ornamental and edible, and may be just the plant that ties together the garden that’s created to offer both Read More
Staff — May 21, 2015 The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) and the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) have confirmed the presence of southern pine beetle (SPB; Dendroctonus frontalis) in Wallingford; the identification was further confirmed by Read More
The White House released its Pollinator Plan created by a Pollinator Health Task Force it established in June 2014 in response to the serious decline of pollinator populations in the United States and around the world. According to the February Read More
Staff — May 18, 2015 According to an online survey commissioned by the National Association of Landscape Professionals and conducted by Harris Poll in May 2015, Americans think it is important to have a yard, keep it looking well-maintained and Read More