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    Gardening
    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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