Sunday, November 26, 2006

Maintenance helps protect your home (Garden centers) and yard from pests, mold and weather

require special maintenance tasks inside and outside your house and in the yard and garden. Bill Keck, Pennington County Extension horticulture educator, said one of the most neglected tasks in the fall is watering trees and shrubs until the ground freezes.
Len e and Jerry Pitts of Emmett and June and Andy Handy of Anchorage, Alaska announce the engagement of their daughter Rebecca Handy to Jeremy Evans. The groom is the son of Colleen and Lyle Evans of Garden Valley.
I had a number of worthy contributing writers helping me write this weeks column. My original thought was to restate my conviction that gardening is a year-round state of mind and occupation; we simply shift activities by the season.
MONDAY: Turkey piquant, country-garden-blend vegetables, asparagus, tropical fruit blend, bread, sugar cookie. TUESDAY: Beef and peppers over rice, baked potato with sour cream, broccoli and cheese, blushing pears, pumpkin silk.
A Mobile man is leading an effort to develop a Chinese Garden and Asian cultural center in Birmingham's Glen Iris Neighborhood.
My secret vice is, alas, no surprise to anyone who knows me: I love watching cables Home & Garden Television network.
Garden expert Marianne Binetti offers her choices for great book gifts for the holidays.