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History and Pollinators
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners As we have been in our yards this season, we both have noticed how few...

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Jun 4, 20222 min read


Today Is the Day!!!
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners May 1. It is the day that you should strive to plant three things in your...

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May 10, 20222 min read


What’s In a Name?
By Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardener What’s In a Name? By Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardener Have you ever looked at a plant label...

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May 10, 20223 min read


Elements of the Attractive Yard
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners Have you ever stood in your yard and thought “I need to do something in here.”...

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May 10, 20223 min read


Container Gardening
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners We have talked about gardening in raised beds but sometimes there isn’t enough...

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Apr 23, 20222 min read


Supplement Your Budget with a Garden
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners I guess you have noticed that the price of things is going up. One of those...

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Apr 16, 20222 min read


Nothing is Maintenance Free
By Debbie Roland, Emmy Ulmschneider and Shirley Kelley, Master Gardeners You know how you keep hearing that you need to eat right and...

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Apr 9, 20222 min read


Insect Power
By Debbie Roland, Emmy Ulmschneider, and Shirley Kelley, Master Gardeners Insects are the cogs that keep our Earth’s machinery running. ...

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Apr 2, 20222 min read


Dealing with Drought-Part 2
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners If there is magic on the planet, it is contained in the water. --Loren Eisley,...

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Mar 28, 20222 min read


Dealing with Drought-Part 1
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners If there is magic on the planet, it is contained in the water. --Loren Eisley,...

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Mar 20, 20222 min read


Website and YouTube
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners The amount of information available to us now is amazing. You can type in...

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Mar 13, 20222 min read


Anything But a Horse
By Debbie Roland, Master Gardener It started with two packets of seed and a chicken. Okay six chickens. I was born and raised in...

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Mar 6, 20222 min read


Gardener Safety
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners As Master Gardeners, we all spend long hours outside, often working alone, and...

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Mar 3, 20222 min read


Books for Inspiration
By Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardener I grew up surrounded by forests and our gardens reflected and blended seamlessly with them. My...

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Feb 26, 20222 min read


Why Do I Garden?
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners Both of us grow plants for food and for aesthetics in our yards. But our...

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Feb 20, 20222 min read


Where Do Butterflies Spend the Winter?
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners Last year when the monarchs were migrating, I wondered where the rest of the...

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Feb 13, 20222 min read


Vitex and Butterfly Bush: Why or Why Not?
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners We first wrote about Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii), in August, 2021. It is a...

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Feb 6, 20222 min read


Attracting Native Bees
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners Most of us are familiar with the European honeybee which was brought by...

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Jan 30, 20222 min read


Give the Birds a Helping Hand
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider My desk (Debbie) faces the backyard and has a view of the garden pond which has a large tree over...

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Jan 16, 20222 min read
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