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67Gardening, NOT Ants, on my Mind
Seed catalogs arrive daily and I mark up pages, add up columns and generally salivate over new offerings. I don't have room for a vegetable garden (unless I traded the front lawn for it which I will not do, much to my husband's chagrin), but I...
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57A Lesson for the Day
Maine residents have a saying whenever some genius does something, well, genius. To you who don't have the Maine twang, you'd say "wicked smart" but with our Maine tongue, we simply say "wicked smaht" or even "wicked shahp". It's not that we can't...
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65Making an Inexpensive Compost Bin
For years I have had a compost pile, knowing that it really doesn't break down well but I didn't think I could afford a real compost bin and I felt guilty if I threw potato peelings, egg shells and coffee grounds in the trash. By fall, I'd have a...
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64Counter a Lily-bug War
Stargazer Lily I have spent way too much money on my Asiatic, Oriental and Tiger lilies to let the Red leaf Beetle chow down on my babies. I wish they liked my Day Lilies, but they only like the expensive ones. Figures. While many gardeners...
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