- Garden Calendar: Make windows safer for birds
- December 18, 2011
- Only you can prevent bird-on-window violence.
- Garden Calendar: Cultivating gift ideas for the gardener in your life
- December 11, 2011
- Jennifer Smith shares her gift ideas for the green thumb in your life.
- Garden Calendar: There’s more to mistletoe than kissing traditions
- December 4, 2011
- While others are content to kiss under the mistletoe during the holidays, put it under their pillow to inspire dreams of Prince Charming, or use it as an herbal remedy, I have to wonder how a poisonous parasitic plant got such a good reputation.
- To get organized, ‘think like a kindergarten teacher’
- November 28, 2011
- The burning question, one that keeps some of us awake at night, say, after a long day of chasing down a little someone’s runaway math book, searching high and low for a soccer ball, throwing up your hands at the latest missing T-shirt, is this: Is a knack for being organized something a kid is born with, or can it — please! — be learned? Prompted, perhaps, with a few choice doodads and gizmos that come with promises of forever ordering your discombobulated lives? Next question: How soon can we start?
- Garden Calendar: Identifying winter trees is tough, but possible
- November 27, 2011
- Pay attention to shape, bark and branch arrangement, if you want to identify deciduous trees that have dropped their leaves.
- Garden Calendar: Holiday cacti brighten the winter months
- November 20, 2011
- Now is a great time to add one or more of these epiphytic cacti to your collection.
- Designers suggest early prep for holiday decorating
- November 14, 2011
- We’ve arrived at the brief calm before the happy storm of holiday celebrating begins.
- Garden Calendar: Oak leaves have little effect on soil pH
- November 13, 2011
- Although oak leaves do have the potential to acidify soil, they are highly unlikely to be causing problems in your yard in northeast Kansas.
- Garden Calendar: Using layering as an alternative to grafting
- November 6, 2011
- One of the most interesting characteristics of plants, I think, is the ability to reproduce asexually. Layering is alternative method and is a good choice for propagating plants with soft, supple branches like forsythia, azalea, rhododendron, holly and magnolia.
- First Bell: Common Ground program could use public land to grow food for schools; Eudora taking Teacher of the Year nominations
- November 3, 2011
- Time for another edition of “First Bell,” a look at issues and items involving education in and around Lawrence.
- Garden Calendar: Ready your mower and other machines for a long winter
- October 30, 2011
- A little preventative maintenance can go a long way.
- Garden Calendar: Grow your own horseradish
- October 23, 2011
- The spicy herb is winter-ready and now is the time to plant it.
- Garden Calendar: Scenic River Road lives up to name
- October 16, 2011
- Douglas County has plenty of scenic views to take advantage of this time of year, but Lecompton resident Jay Lohmann believes the Scenic River Road is the best.
- Garden Calendar: Skunks create bigger problems than their odor
- October 9, 2011
- Skunks are commonly feared because of their odor, but they can do far more damage to your lawn, if allowed.
- Garden Calendar: Use shrubs for added color
- October 2, 2011
- Fall is a great time to add new plants to the garden, and it is an even better time to pick out plants to add seasons of color.
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