In the Garden
Your local gardening newsletter, including interviews, product reviews, month-by-month tips, coupons, and more! Published monthly and sent directly to your inbox. Check it out for the insider's advance notice on upcoming sales and events.
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December 2009 Newsletter
This month we focus on the holidays, with articles on decorating with live trees, feeding wild birds,
holiday gifts for gardeners, using antidessicants to protect evergreens, and growing poinsettias.
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September 2009 Newsletter
With fall finally upon us, this issue focuses on all things related to autumn. We learn about planting spring-blooming bulbs, overwintering tender bulbs, turning fallen leaves into compost, fall planting, creating new garden beds, and October garden maintenance.
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August 2009 Newsletter
As summer draws to a close, we turn our attention to prolonging the summer blooms while preparing for fall. In this issue we dissect the Asiastic garden beetle, learn which plants to deadhead for continuous bloom, look at which plants to divide in fall, take a walk through the options for planting spring blooming bulbs, and give you an exclusive first look at the Fairfield County Fall Plant Swap.
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July 2009 Newsletter
Now that the warmer weather has finally arrived, we look at dealing with aphids and the use of beneficial insects, present a primer on drip irrigation, examine the benefits of buying plants during summer sales, re-introduce an old favorite, and talk about hitting the "reset button" on your garden.
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June 2009 Newsletter
With summer coming, we focus on smart watering practices and a review of the Original Ultimate Hose Nozzle, along with coping with ants on peonies, all about weeping trees, how to build a simple and creative butterfly feeder, and a summary of the first Fairfield County Plant Swap.
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May 2009 Newsletter
This issue includes tips on growing tomatoes, a review of the Lifetime Wheelbarrow, an interview with Mike Ruggiero (former senior curator of the New York Botanical Garden), using natives in the home garden, information on the Fairfield County Plant Swap, June gardening tips, and upcoming local events.
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April 2009 Newsletter
Includes: review of Womanswork gardening gloves, Interview with Mary Jo Bridge Palmer, May gardening tips, growing seeds, reducing the size of your lawn, and upcoming local sales and events.
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March 2009 Newsletter
Our first issue! Read all about the best garden books of 2008, the in's and out's of dandelions, plants to thwart groundhogs, a review of the NRG Pro Digging Spade, where to find free local compost, gardening tips, and upcoming local sales and events.
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