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• Holiday Clippings

  If you are trying to save a little money on holiday decorations, take stock of the plants already in your yard. Any kind of evergreen--yew, rhododendron, pine, hemlock, arborvitae, spruce --can be used in holiday flower arrange or to "deck the halls"... Posted Dec 12 2008, 07:33 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: Christmas traditions, holiday decorations, evergreens

• Garden Bones

  Gardeners always talk about the "bones" of a garden. It sounds good, but what does it really mean? Just as bones give structure to the human body, landscape "bones" give structure to the garden. "Bones" include the layout... Posted Nov 25 2008, 01:01 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: landscaping, evergreens, garden "bones"

• News on Yews

  My house came with several overgrown yew shrubs (Taxus) that stood in front of the high stone foundation. At first I found little to love about these bushes, except that they seemed relatively inoffensive and were not hard to take care of. At the time... Posted Nov 15 2008, 11:32 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: winter gardening, yew, evergreens, poisonous plants, Taxus