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- Apr 17, 2018
- 1 min
April Gardening To-Do List
PLANT: Last cool season for vegetables..... plant beets, carrots, kale, chard, cilantro, parsley spinach, and heat resistant lettuce. Wait until the end of the month or the beginning of May to plant tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, squash, melon eggplant, and peppers. These vegetables will struggle in cool soil and never get a good start. If you are planting in boxes, however, the soil will be warm before the ground. You can sow or plant herbs now. Plant citrus, pomegranate, avoca
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jgrist
- Apr 3, 2018
- 2 min
It's Seed Season
In March the Horticulture Committee explored the subject of seeds, led by Co-Chairs Judy Kirshner and Helen Hartung. Judy brought stacks of seed catalogues - obviously a passion for this HPGC member known for her edible and beautiful gardens that have graced the neighborhood. While there was much information shared, the following key points are some great take-aways from the meeting which was attended by ten members. Gardeners might consider scattering flower seeds in a desig
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jgrist
- Mar 31, 2018
- 1 min
Seasonal Color in Native Plantings
Our friend Lisa Novick of the Theodore Payne Foundation also creates films to promote native plantings with her organization LIFE - Landscape Integrity Films and Education. In this short piece she shows how to select native plants that will keep your garden in colorful bloom at different times throughout the seasons. #gardens #landscapedesign #nativeplants
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jgrist
- Nov 6, 2016
- 1 min
Your Next Front Yard
With the recent five year drought, concern about water use in landscaping, and the current trend of tearing out front lawns and replacing them with unique landscapes, our neighborhood of vast green open expanses of lawn framing historic architecture, suddenly look very different than they did even five years ago. The HPGC decided it is time to explore what our urban landscape used to look like, how it is changing, and if we could identify some guidelines to maintain some visu
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