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Dear big box store: please make up your mind.
Report from the Center for Food Safety, April, 2015: My photo from July, 2015: Yes, sometimes folks want or need to kill bees, wasps, etc. But given the current hullabaloo, this particular sales...
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Love notes of genetics and physiology for Valentine’s Day
A St. Valentine meme compliments of my “friend” the self-styled Rev. Apostle, and Bishop to the Stars, Joel L. Watts. Ahhh….’Tis the time of year when we celebrate romantic love in homage to a 3rd...
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Our New Year’s Resolution – to keep you informed and entertained every week.
Happy New Year! The Garden Professor’s collective resolution is to have at least one new blog post a week for 2018. So I’m kicking things off with a little fact checking on the claims made for a...
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Grow Garlic – Keep the Neighborhood Vampires at Bay
While most of those gardening tasks are coming to an end, in most parts of the US it’s time to think about planting a few things in the veggie garden to bring a flavorful bounty next year – garlic (and...
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The Myth, the Legend, the Parasite: Romance, Lore, and Science beneath the...
As we hurdle ever closer to the holidays and the end of the year, there’s lots of plants we could talk about – amaryllis, poinsettias (and the abuse thereof with glitter and paint), whether or not your...
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A Cactus by Any Other Name: A Case of Mistaken Holiday Cactus Identity
Believe it or not, a cactus, of all things, is one of those plants that have come to represent the holidays and feature in the regular rotation of holiday houseplants. Then again, maybe it isn’t so...
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Hydroponics for the Holidays? Home Systems are a hot holiday gift list item
Systems to grow fresh produce in your home using hydroponics or other automatic processes have been popular for several years but seem to be even more popular this year with more folks home and...
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Barf! An ode to the fascinating life of slime mold
It may seem odd to sing the praises of a weird, sometimes gross, looking phenomenon that sometimes freaks gardeners out, but every summer I love educating gardeners about the fascinating lives of...
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Po-TAY-to, po-TAH-to: Let’s call the whole yam thing off!
As most folks in the US prepare for a Thanksgiving meal, or at least eat more Thanksgiving-inspired fall meals, potatoes and sweet potatoes often play a major supporting role in these most delicious...
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¡Escandalo! Seedy mixup results in #Jalapeñogate drama across the US
There’s a scandal simmering all across the United States that brings to mind a switched at birth storyline on a steamy soap opera or telenovela. This scandal, though, isn’t about babies, its...
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