Timely Gardening Articles
by season and in reverse chronological order
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November 19, 2009 - Want to Be a Master Gardener
November 12, 2009 - Wait, Wait, Don't Rake Me
November 5, 2009 - November In the Tallahassee Garden
October 22, 2009 - Visit Garden Open House Saturday for Ideas That Work
October 15, 2009 - Gourmet Greens for Beginners
October 8, 2009 - Planting a Wildflower Meadow
October 1, 2009 - Get Out There and Dig in the Dirt
September 24, 2009 - Local Gardener Rose to the Occasion
September 24, 2009 - Don't Worry About Webworms in Trees Now
September 17, 2009 - Grow Fruits to Enjoy in Fall Garden
September 10, 2009 - Keep Hummingbird Feeders up Through Migration Season
September 3, 2009 - September in the Tallahassee Garden
August 20, 2009 - Perennial Peanut Puts on a Show
August 13, 2009 - Some Plants Take the Heat
August 6, 2009 - August in the Tallahassee Garden
July 23, 2009 - Trees and Power Lines
July 16, 2009 - Trees Help Conserve Energy
July 9, 2009 - Small and Simple is Key to Low-Maintenance Landscape
July 2, 2009 - July in the Tallahassee Garden
June 25, 2009 - Flowering Lawn
June 18, 2009 - Prepare Your Trees Well Before A Hurricane
June 11, 2009 - Make Your Own Compost
June 4, 2009 - June Isn't for Sissies
May 28, 2009 - Learn Garden Solutions at Saturday Open House
May 21, 2009 - Make Your Landscape Florida-Friendly
May 14, 2009 - Brighten Your Summer Landscape with Flowers and Colorful Foliage
May 7, 2009 - May in the Tallahassee Garden
April 30, 2009 - Try These five Stellar Flowering Perennials
April 16, 2009 - Gardening Information is Abundant
April 9, 2009 - How to Have Fireflies in your Backyard
April 2, 2009 - April in the Tallahassee Garden
March 29, 2009 - Landscape Gardening Aerobics
March 19, 2009 - Doing Your Part to Manage Stormwater Runoff
March 5, 2009 - March in the Tallahassee Garden
February 26, 2009 - How To Make Your Lawn Greener
February 19, 2009 - How to Keep Your Soil Healthy
February 12, 2009 - Planting Combinations that Foster A Sense of Place
February 5, 2009 - February in the Tallahassee Garden
January 29, 2009 - Recent Winter Freezes Not Unusual
January 22, 2009 - Mature Tree Care for Homeowners Building on or Improving Their Property
January 8, 2009 - Master Gardeners Shape the Local Landscape
January 1, 2009 - January in the Tallahassee Garden
December 25, 2008 - The Joy of Feeding Birds
December 18, 2008 - Return Your Christmas Tree to Nature
December 11, 2008 - Adopt a Leon County Native Tree
December 4, 2008 - December in the Tallahassee Garden
November 27, 2008 - Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly
November 20, 2008 - The Miracle of Microflora
November 13, 2008 - Doing Our Part to Manage Tallahassee's Urban Forest
November 6, 2008 - November in the Tallahassee Garden
October 30, 2008 - Landscape for Wildlife with Food Plots
October 23, 2008 - Old Field Meadow Gardens
October 16, 2008 - Demonstration Garden Open House
October 9, 2008 - Gardening and Landscaping for Climate Extremes
October 2, 2008 - October in the Tallahassee Garden
September 25, 2008 - The Truth about Lovebugs
September 18, 2008 - Creative Ways to Reduce Your Lawn
September 11, 2008 - Observations in a Peaceful Garden
September 4, 2008 - September in the Tallahassee Garden
August 28, 2008 - Gardening is for the Birds
August 21, 2008 - Many Reasons to Plant Vines
August 14, 2008 - Common Summer Tree Problems
August 7, 2008 - August in the Tallahassee Garden
July 31, 2008 - Have A Colorful Summer Garden
July 24, 2008 - Good Hedges Make Good Neighbors
July 17, 2008 - Keeping the Lawn in Shape
July 10, 2008 - Native Pond Plants
July 3, 2008 - July in the Tallahassee Garden
June 26, 2008 - Flowers Courtship in your Garden
June 19, 2008 - Landscape Design Advise
June 12, 2008 - Problem Areas in the Landscape Often Caused by Faulty Irrigation
June 5, 2008 - Keys to Success With Your New Landscape Plants
May 29, 2008 - Visit Leon County Extension Garden Often
May 22, 2008 - Red Bay & Sassafras Trees Dying
May 15, 2008 - Visit Tallahassee's Garden Treasure This Saturday
May 8, 2008 - Azalea Pruning Done Right
May 1, 2008 - May in the Tallahassee Garden
April 24, 2008 - Tips for a Water-Wise Landscape
April 17, 2008 - Create a Tropical Paradise in Your Backyard
April 10, 2008 - Unique Hummingbird Plants
April 3, 2008 - April In the Tallahassee Garden
March 27, 2008 - It's Getting Warmer for Plants
March 20, 2008 - Stormwater Management: Be an Environment Hero in Your Own Yard
March 13, 2008 - Poisonous Plants in Your Garden
March 6, 2008 - March in the Tallahassee Garden
February 28, 2008 - Vegetable Gardening In Containers
February 21, 2008 - So You Have Weeds in Your Lawn?
February 14, 2008 - Growing Roses from Cuttings
February 7, 2008 - February in the Tallahassee Garden
January 31, 2008 - 2008 Plants of the Year
January 17, 2008 - Plant a Hedge for Songbirds
January 10, 2008 -Coral Ardisia - Where do you Stand on the Love/Hate Scale?
January 3, 2008 - January in the Tallahassee Garden
December 27, 2007 - Clean Water Is Our Precious Resource
December 20, 2007 - Habitat Gifts for Songbirds
December 13, 2007 - Leon County Adopt-A-Tree Program
December 6, 2007 - December in the Tallahassee Garden
November 29, 2007 -Cooler Days Ideal for Garden Clean-Up
November 22, 2007 - In Love With Acorns
November 15, 2007 - It's Time to Protect Tropicals from Cold
November 8, 2007 - Plants I Wish I Had Never Planted
November 1, 2007 - November in the Tallahassee Garden
October 25, 2007 - Problems Erupt When You Volcano-Mulch
October 18, 2007 - Evaluate Trees Carefully Before Clearing a New Homesite
October 11, 2007 - It's Showtime in the Leon County Extension Garden
October 4, 2007 - October in the Tallahassee Garden
September 27, 2007 - Fall and Winter Herb Gardening
September 20, 2007 - Southern Gardeners Share a Common Foe in Florida Betony
September 13, 2007 - Florida Friendly Yards Attract Wildlife
September 6, 2007 - September in the Garden
August 30, 2007 - Winterizers for Lawns
August 23, 2007 - Enrich the Soil for Fall Vegetable Garden
August 16, 2007 - Can You Really Use Rid-X On Roses?
August 9, 2007 - Creating a Florida-Friendly Yard and Recycling Go Hand In Hand
August 2, 2007 - August in the Tallahassee Garden
July 26, 2007 - Hardy Hibiscus
July 19, 2007 - Make Your Landscape More Water-Efficient
July 12, 2007 - Pest Control—The Environmentally Responsible and Lazy Option!
July 5, 2007 - July in the Tallahassee Garden
June 28 - Take a Walk Through Our Florida Friendly Garden
June 21 - Summertime Cottage Gardening
June 14 - Reduce Stormwater Runoff from Your Florida Friendly Yard
June 7 - June in the Tallahassee Garden
May 24 -Papa's Garden Is a Special Place
May 17 - Tropicals Can Give You A Lot of Bang for the Buck
May 10 - Surround Our Lakes with Florida-Friendly Yards
May 3 - May in the Tallahassee Garden
April 26 - For a Healthy, Long-Lasting Lawn Fertilize with the Right Numbers
April 19 - Garden Open House, Saturday, April 21
April 12 - Make Your Yard More Florida Friendly
April 5 - April in the Tallahassee Garde
March 29 - Fertilize Appropriately
March 22 - Right Plant, Right Place
March 08 - Make Your Yard Florida-Friendly
March 01 - March in the Tallahassee Garden
February 22 - Be Patient with Spring Lawn Care
February 15 - Choosing a Crape Myrtle
February 08 - Control Summer Weeds in the Lawn in Late Winter
February 01 - February in the Tallahassee Garden
January 08 - Leon Counties Adopt-a-Tree Program
January 04 - January in the Tallahassee Garden
You can read the current newspaper column each Thursday in the Tallahassee Democrat.