A native wildflower meadow with native coneflowers and black-eyed Susan
Grow a Blue Thumb Have you noticed that seed catalogs are coming earlier and earlier?Like Halloween decorations on sale in August, these gardeners’ temptations arrive before Christmas. Many people are not quite ready to think about planting at that time, but soon after the holidays, as the thought of another four months of winter creates cravings for home-grown greens, turning
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to those seed catalogs provides relief from yet another snowy sub-zero day. Before you succumb to the glossy photos of hybrid flowers, out-of-this-zone fruit trees, and promises of continuous wildflower blooms, check out the Blue Thumb website. Here you’ll find information to help you have a lowmaintenance lawn, native plant pollinator gardens, and a beautiful shoreline that
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