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Jennifer Smith
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- Garden Calendar: City proposes alternating irrigation schedules
- May 23, 2013
- Wise watering saves time and money, grows healthier plants, and could help to reduce the need for future expensive infrastructure from your water provider.
- Masterful gardens
- Garden Tour to showcase spectacular landscapes in the area
- May 20, 2013
- Looking for ideas to spruce up your yard? Want to see some of the Lawrence area’s finest gardens? The upcoming Garden Tour, organized by the Douglas County Extension Master Gardeners, is the perfect opportunity to see the plants and practices that work best in this area. By Jennifer Smith
- Garden Calendar: Bees begin annual swarming
- May 16, 2013
- Over the next few weeks, honey bees will gradually become more active, and a swarm of them could end up in your yard.
- Garden Calendar: Are dandelions friends or foes?
- May 9, 2013
- Dandelions can be pesky but are easily controlled with a few key practices, and the ones who survive have value to the environment.
- Garden Calendar: Strawberry growers use innovative methods for earlier crop
- May 2, 2013
- At Wohletz Farm Fresh, 1831 North 1100 Road in rural Lawrence, strawberries are about to hit the big time.
- Garden Calendar: Water teepees provide early start for tomatoes
- April 25, 2013
- The first tomato of summer: It’s the one gardeners and foodies long for as days get warmer, gardens flourish with plant growth, and farmers markets pick up steam. Want that first tomato a little earlier?
- Garden Calendar: 10 things for spring
- April 18, 2013
- Whether you are an experienced gardener or just putting your first plants into the ground, gardening is a continual process of learning and growing. Here are a few tips we can all keep in mind as we kick off this year’s gardening season. By Jennifer Smith
- Garden Calendar: Low tunnels help produce early crop
- April 11, 2013
- While most gardeners are planting their early-season veggies and preparing the soil for later crops, one Lawrence gardener is already reaping the rewards of her labor.
- Garden Calendar: Guerrilla gardens started on neglected land need commitment
- April 4, 2013
- Have you ever looked at a neglected piece of land and thought about planting flowers or vegetables on it? Maybe just some wildflower seeds to spruce things up? If so, you could be part of a growing trend that is being referred to as guerrilla gardening.
- Garden Calendar: Pecking at a bigger problem
- March 28, 2013
- If trees could talk, I would hope they would tell us what hurts, or where it hurts, or when a pest attack is getting the best of them.
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- Former area Boy Scouts react to decision allowing gay scouts May 24, 2013 · 16 comments
- Blog: GOP tax plans would increase taxes on low-wage Kansans, decrease taxes for high-income Kansans, report says May 23, 2013 · 30 comments
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013 · 60 comments
- Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor May 23, 2013 · 51 comments
- Blog: More on city recreation center bids, and a possible city policy on drone use? May 23, 2013 · 15 comments
- 59 minors, several local businesses, cited for alcohol violations in state regulator's patrols in May May 23, 2013 · 29 comments
- Opinion: Why gay role models matter May 23, 2013 · 38 comments
- Proposed cuts to corrections system could endanger Kansans, secretary says May 24, 2013 · 13 comments
- On the street: Should residents or businesses who use too much water be fined? May 24, 2013 · 18 comments
- CEO Gene Meyer honored for leading Lawrence Memorial Hospital to success May 23, 2013 · 14 comments
- Wildflower Walk set for Saturday May 24, 2013
- Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals May 23, 2013
- KU baseball tops West Virginia in Big 12 tourney opener May 23, 2013
- Lawrence man pleads guilty to bank robbery; 52-month sentence recommended May 20, 2013
- Affordable Care Act bringing jobs to Lawrence May 16, 2013
- KU softball’s Maggie Hull named Academic All-American May 24, 2013
- KU track qualifies four for NCAA Outdoor Championship May 24, 2013
- Editorial: Hometown pride May 21, 2013
- Basketball notebook: UNC hires son of ex-KU athletic director May 24, 2013
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