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Garry Menendez
Weighing your options

Weighing your options

Think of scale when creating or modifying your garden “One size fits all”. Yeah, I’ve never believed that either. It’s not the case with socks and...

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Being Stingy with Rain

Being Stingy with Rain

Why rain gardens make sense Flower garden, rain garden, rose garden, veggie garden. Whoa! Back up! We can picture most of these but what the Hello...

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The Perfect Gift

The Perfect Gift

And just a little more lasting than a Starbucks gift card It’s four weeks before Christmas And all through my brain Stir thoughts of the white stuff...

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Plant Spacing

Plant Spacing

Some simple advice, even for the math-challenged A 53’ red semi-truck laden with 15 tons of fireworks leaves Cleveland on a 92-degree summer day...

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Resting in the Garden

Resting in the Garden

Creating that special place to sit “Holy Swiss cheese! Does it feel good to sit down!” I’ll bet you’ve once said something similar (ok, maybe hold...

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Coping

Coping

How to deal with an emotional dive I am writing this the morning after our apparently I.Q. deficient voting population decided they would rather...

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Treading lightly in the garden

Treading lightly in the garden

Tomorrow is election day. There has never been more on the line. I was torn about how to introduce today’s topic. So, I came up with this: How long...

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Moving About

Moving About

The Art of Circulation Design “Horticultural excellence in the garden can never compensate for a fundamentally bad layout”. In his book, Gardens Are...

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“So, where are you from?”

“So, where are you from?”

Just a few thoughts on native vs. non-native plants “So, where are you from?” How you answer this sometimes depends on who is asking. If it’s...

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Blurring the boundary

Blurring the boundary

Gardening along property lines I’ve heard it said before that everyone has two property lines. There’s the one you own and the one you mow. It’s...

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