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November 03, 2018

Dig In: Garden Checklist for week of Nov. 4

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November 02, 2018

Photo tour focuses on cemetery hot spots

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November 01, 2018

Take advantage of warm November

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October 31, 2018

Happy Halloween! Now, about November

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October 30, 2018

Find bargains on Arboretum All-Stars, low-water mainstays

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October 29, 2018

Mums put on 'Greatest Show' at Shepard Center

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October 28, 2018

Cheesy Little Pumpkins make most of minis

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Latest Garden Checklist

For week of Jan. 13:

The forecast starting Thursday calls for sunny skies and highs nudging 60. Wait until then for most outdoor chores. In between storms or when the sun comes out, here's what should be on your garden to-do list:

* Turn off the sprinklers for another week.
* Browse the new seed catalogs and start making plans for spring and summer.
* Prune, prune, prune. Now is the time to cut back most deciduous trees and shrubs. The exceptions are spring-flowering shrubs such as lilacs.
* Prune deciduous fruit trees, except apricots and cherries. Clean up leaves and debris around the trees to prevent the spread of disease.
* Prune roses, even if they’re still trying to bloom. Strip off any remaining leaves, so the bush will be able to put out new growth in early spring.
* Clean up leaves and debris around your newly pruned roses and shrubs. Put down fresh mulch or bark to keep roots cozy.

* Harvest citrus as it ripens. Navel oranges, lemons and mandarins are ready now.
* Add some instant color. Transplant pansies, violas, calendulas, English daisies, snapdragons and fairy primroses.
* In the vegetable garden, plant fava beans, head lettuce, mustard, onion sets, radicchio and radishes.
* Plant bare-root asparagus and root divisions of rhubarb.
* Plant callas, anemones, ranunculus and gladiolus for bloom from late spring into summer.

Debbie Arrington and Kathy Morrison

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Apple pie-cake
Asian pear tart
Baby greens with capers
California persimmon salad
Cheesy little pumpkins
Cherry tomato focaccia
Chocolate zucchini bread
Crustless quiche with mushrooms and winter greens
Cucumber casserole
Deb's simple salsa verde
Easier tomato and goat cheese tart
Easy fresh tomato sauce
Glazed persimmon cookies
Grilled peach cobbler
Lemon oatmeal cookies
Melon gazpacho
Meyer lemon French toast
Persimmon crisp
Persimmon pork stew
Roasted green tomato sauce
Spiced fresh mandarin muffins
Summer harvest chutney
Tomato jam
Vegetable broth
Zapped bread and butter pickles

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