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In the garden with Felder: Nothing wrong with creating a midwinter meadow
I love a nice lawn. I studied turf management at Mississippi State University and consult with professional turf and home lawn lovers regularly.
Southern Gardening: Gary answers frequent garden-related questions
The questions being emailed to me are literally filling up my inbox.
In the garden with Felder: Take time to savor the season
I appreciate all seasons, but the relaxed Mississippi autumn brings out a joyous if wistful rush in me.
Playing in the dirt: Protect the plants and 'feed' the tree
You may recall that I mentioned at this time last year that there are 400-plus varieties of holly. But would you believe it's hard to find some when you want some?
Southern Gardening: Select, care well for Christmas poinsettias
It's that time of year again for shopping, eating, delivery trucks and poinsettias. Yep -- it's the Christmas season.
Southern Gardening: Use Sorbet violas to add garden color until spring
Are you looking for cool-season color that's a sure thing -- a take-it-to-the-bank garden plant?
In the garden with Felder: Keep your landscape doable
Beauty and satisfaction aside, have you ever thought about your garden's "green footprint" -- its cost to you and your surroundings?
In the garden with Felder: Winterizing in the garden
Is everything in order in your garden? Wait -- my real question is, does your garden look any different this month than last?
In the garden with Felder: Rain, rain -- let's make good use of you
I love rain, to a point. Love how it cascades in rivulets from my back deck's corrugated tin top, how it refreshes the birds' baths.
Southern Gardening: Use Cool Wave pansies for lasting winter color
This past weekend, I started planting cool-season color in my 25-gallon citrus containers.
Playing in the dirt: November, a month for planning and even planting
Warm days, cool days, stormy days. Oh my! November has offered us a varied menu so far. But weather aside, November is a sort of stepchild among months, sandwiched between October and December --Halloween and Christmas -- arguably two of the best-loved holidays. But I refuse to ignore Thanksgiving.
Southern Gardening: Cool-season dianthus lasts through spring
I love the annual color we can grow all winter in most of our Mississippi gardens and landscapes, so I'm going to spend a few weeks concentrating on cool-season color. Dianthus is my first choice for fall color.
In the garden with Felder: Putting plants and people together
Some plants all but beg to be grown and shared. Spreading around the world and across all cultures and languages like a children's hand-held string game, they easily bring diverse people together with good cheer.
Southern Gardening: Citrus trees' harvest makes them worth growing
The fall and winter seasons mean it's time for colorful pansy, viola and dianthus. But the changing seasons also mean that home gardeners who grow citrus will soon harvest delicious fruit -- satsuma, kumquat, Meyer lemon, oh my!
In the garden with Felder: Show a little style in the garden
How does your garden stack up with artful accessories?
Southern Gardening: Rockin' salvias help fall gardens perform
Those of you who keep up with Southern Gardening know that I'm a real fan of salvias.
Southern Gardening: Gulf muhly grass makes showy fall contribution
The 40th Fall Flower and Garden Fest at the Mississippi State University Truck Crops Branch Station in Crystal Springs is behind us, and I have to say that it was one of the best I've ever attended.
In the garden with Felder: Welcome this cheerful sign of autumn
Last week I had a rush of deja vu when I saw the first flush of a special pink autumn flower that came to me through three generations of family gardeners.
Playing in the dirt: A change of season signals new to-do tips
October? Are you kidding me? Not with these temperatures. Oh wait -- just as I was losing all hope that fall would arrive, a slight cool snap was forecast.
In the garden with Felder: Bring on the sniffles -- but careful what you blame
Goldenrod is getting cranked up, and people are starting to sneeze ... but blaming the wrong culprits.
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