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Green Acre #217: Ticking the (Window) Boxes

It’s time to dress up the exterior for the bleak days ahead.

October 29, 2020

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Green Acre #216: Boo! and a Book

No tricks, just a literary Halloween walk.

October 21, 2020

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Green Acre #215: Getting Ahead of Winter

Shuttling plants indoors is messy but it has to be done.

October 14, 2020

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Green Acre #214: How Green Is My Garden

Let the patio furniture provide the color.

October 7, 2020

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Green Acre #213: Calla Lilies? Maybe.

Ah, the sweet mystery of unlabeled bulbs . . .

September 30, 2020

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Green Acre #212: Falling for (Fall) Anemones

A delicate standout in the autumn garden.

September 23, 2020

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Beat the Cooling Trend

How dining outdoors can go year-round.

September 16, 2020

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Green Acre #212: Loving Liriope

Green stuff that won’t make you see red.

September 9, 2020

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Green Acre #211: Happy Quarantine Birthday

LittleBird Stephanie’s sister Jeanie obviously knows how to celebrate a birthday.

September 2, 2020

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Green Acre #210: Real Squirrels and Fake Geraniums

“Stephanie Gardens” to the rescue . . .

August 26, 2020

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Covid-19: End-of-Summer Status Report

Questions about the value of testing, the importance of masks, anti-junk food laws in Mexico.

August 24, 2020

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Green Acre #209: Inspirations From the Wild

Henry Mitchell thought Versailles’ gardens looked “stingy.” Here’s the opposite.

August 19, 2020

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Green Acre: #208: Lei-ing Low in DC

Yet another tropical try.

August 12, 2020

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Green Acre #207: Needy Veggies, Wimpy Herbs and a Floppy Hydrangea

Dear ‘Stephanie Gardens’ . . .

August 5, 2020

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Green Acre #206: The Terminator Returns

Rocky’s revival means an un-fishy pond . . . again.

July 29, 2020

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Green Acre #205: Spider Mites, Pinching and Pretty Killers

‘Stephanie Gardens’ tackles your plant questions . . . in her own quirky way.

July 22, 2020

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Green Acre #204: Bitter(s) Gardens

How the sweet smell of Seville led to “growing” a superior cocktail.

July 15, 2020

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Green Acre #203: Rose Is a Rose Is a . . . Garden

‘Tis the season of the pandemic quick fix.

July 8, 2020

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