What a wonderful summer we are having! The Youth Education team here at the Civic Garden Center is joyfully running summer gardening programs throughout Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Our Summer Sprouts Camp take place on Monday at the Civic Garden …
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What a wonderful summer we are having! The Youth Education team here at the Civic Garden Center is joyfully running summer gardening programs throughout Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Our Summer Sprouts Camp take place on Monday at the Civic Garden …
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Will Spring Ever Come?? I think this was on classic rocker, Rod Stewart’s mind when he wrote the deeply moving lyrics, And don’t it seem like a long time Seem like a long time, seem like a long, long time And don’t …
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If you spend anytime at all reading about gardening or talking with other gardeners, you know that growing your own food is a big deal. Front yards are giving way to raised veggie gardens and porches, stoops and windowsills are …
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This indecisive weather is causing turmoil in my garden life. Am I frightfully late in ordering plants or is this exactly the right time to be doing so? Is my design idea for the new garden space woefully late …
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Winter roots. I’m thinking “cold”, “lifeless”, “hibernating”. Hang around real gardeners long enough and they have you thinking about winter roots in a whole different way. Someone asked me weeks ago how my garden was doing. At first I looked …
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My Garden New Years Resolutions As tradition dictates, it’s time to make our New Years resolutions. Here are my garden resolutions. Start early! I will clean tools, sharpen blades and clean pots before the frost breaks! Give them up! There …
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Before you get panicky and anxious, this is not a post about the election, politics or a state of the Union in any shape or form. No, this is more of a look back at what I won’t miss …
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The world is awfully noisy—sirens, cars honking, even social media screaming look at me, look at me. No wonder people find retreat in our garden. It is not completely quiet; is any place in the city silent? But it is …
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As we come to the close of another gardening season I try to take time to recall what really went well and what was a little disappointing. Luckily with age and years in the garden comes clarity and a realistic …
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