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Monet inspired garden is pretty as a picture – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • October 24, 2023

Even when the roses aren’t blooming (and this garden boasts a multitude of rose bushes), the garden is a sight to behold. Here, in the heart of Galveston’s storied East …

Gardening This Weekend October 26, 2023

By Neil Sperry • October 24, 2023

I write this column each week with three days in mind – Friday through Sunday of the upcoming weekend. It’s my own personal checklist of things we need to do …

The Love/Hate Relationship: October 19, 2023

By Neil Sperry • October 18, 2023

Chester Noecker was my father-in-law. He farmed several hundred beautiful acres 30 miles south of Columbus, Ohio. I never heard him swear. Then again, I was never in the field …

Honda’s new autonomous EV riding mower

By Neil Sperry • October 16, 2023

Somehow a story from Electrek Magazine announcing the launch of Honda’s brand new battery-powered electric autonomous zero-turning radius riding mower ended up in the “In” box of my e-mail. It …

Gardening This Weekend: October 19, 2023

By Neil Sperry • October 16, 2023

As you start preparing your landscape and garden for the cool months ahead, there are some critical tasks on your checklist. Here are ones I’d do now. PLANT• Pansies, violas, …

Why Do Wisterias Fail to Bloom in the Spring?

By Neil Sperry • October 9, 2023

I get this question more in April than I do in October, but the causes center around autumn. If I wait until April to answer it, you might not have …

Mums Make the Fall

By Neil Sperry • October 9, 2023

I’ve always been a big fan of chrysanthemums. My first field trip in horticulture when I transferred from A&M to Ohio State was to the world’s largest supplier of mum …

October’s painted ladies – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • October 9, 2023

You’d think that pumpkins were decorative enough the way Mother Nature made them. After all, they are as plump as a harvest moon and as colorful as autumn foliage. But …

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