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Dead nettle, henbit prosper from recent droughts
The view from my kitchen window is of a sloping hillside covered with purple blooms that accent clusters of yellow daffodils. The only problem with this scene is that the low-growing purple is dead...

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Wallpaper’s evolution
A new generation of designs could easily be labeled as works of art — eye candy that runs the gamut from decadent to delicate. “It’s not grandma’s paper anymore,” says Donna Masberger, a sales a...

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Petunias able to withstand extreme heat rather well
What do tomatoes, tobacco, chili pepper and petunias have in common? They are Deadly Nightshade members: a terrible name for one of our most popular, prolific and easy-to-grow summer flowers. It ma...

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Decaying Las Cruces home focus of art project
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Unoccupied for decades and left to crumble, an old house sitting on the corner of Hadley Avenue and Tornillo Street shows its age. Gaping holes in the decomposing stucco bear...

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Lilium longiflorum hangs around longer than the Easter holiday
Lilium longiflorum is so associated with Easter that it is commonly known as Easter lily worldwide. Now, that Easter is over, what do you do with the plant? With proper care it may re-bloom this ye...

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Metro Images
When outdoors on pretty spring, summer or fall days it is really nice to be able to enjoy it in the comfort of furniture not that different then what is inside your house.

Outdoor living areas more popular with designers
Builders say homeowners are turning the old design mantra of bringing the outside in on its head. Instead, they’re keeping the outside where it is but making more use of it The good news about t...

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Nearly weed free gardens are possible
For a time many years back, I would become nervous every time I went out to my garden to weed. The weeds were so few that I feared something was wrong with the soil. True, I had taken deliberate...

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Rosemary brings tasty aroma to home garden
Our rosemary has been yielding incredible spikes of icy blue flowers since early November, making it just another reason why it is climbing the charts of my must-have flowers. If you always thought...

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Know which tomato plants are best for your purposes
At one time tomatoes were thought to be poisonous to the extent that they were known as Deadly Nightshades. Today, tomatoes, potatoes and peppers are staples in our diets. In 1870, Alexander Liv...

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Sunflowers can lure kids to gardening
BATON ROUGE, La. — Sunflowers are a great way to introduce children to gardening. Depending on the variety, sunflowers grow to heights between 1 foot to 8 feet, said LSU horticulturist Allen Owi...

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