Green Acre

Green Acre: Fern-tastic Solution

No sun? These evergreen shade-lovers are a classic solution.

September 25, 2024

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Green Acre: Spotlight on . . . Light

Petite cordless table lamps are great for the garden, and the dinner table.

September 18, 2024

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Green Acre: Mums, Pansies, and the Baby Bird

Fall mums may be a waste, but baby budgie Kam is a growing treat.

September 11, 2024

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Green Acre: Elephant Ears and Budgie Feathers

The Green Acre household is quite the menagerie these days.

September 4, 2024

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Green Acre: Bulbsapoppin’

Buy next spring’s bulbs now. Plus: Kami the parakeet continues to grow!

August 29, 2024

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Green Acre: Birth of a Budgie

She (or he) was born in a coconut shell, so of course we named her Kamala!

August 21, 2024

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brick building with turquoise cottage-style door, with plants in front and a wisteria vine across the top of the roof

Green Acre: Wisteria Fantasy . . .

. . . meets bare but overgrown reality.

August 14, 2024

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Green Acre: How Green Was My Fridge

Think of this as a very cold version of landscaping.

August 7, 2024

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Green Acre: Introducing the Prince

Pity the contractor’s wife who wants things fixed.

July 31, 2024

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Green Acre: In the Beginning . . .

. . . there was dirt and concrete. But that was 30-odd years ago.

July 24, 2024

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Green Acre: Message From Cold Country

San Francisco is having a heat wave too: It’s 60 degrees out!

July 17, 2024

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Green Acre: Shangri-La on the Potomac

A Capitol Hill garden designed to beat the heat.

July 10, 2024

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Green Acre #481: Last-Minute Planting

Spring has sprung, but there are a few ways to get some summertime color in your plot.

June 26, 2024

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Green Acre #480: Lei, Lady, Lei

Growing those showy Hawaiian flowers has always eluded me. Till now?

June 19, 2024

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Green Acre #479: Fill ’Er Up

Waiting for bulbs to appear? Fill in with colorful annuals.

June 12, 2024

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Green Acre #478: Die! Die!

Sometimes death is a necessary part of a happy garden life.

June 5, 2024

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Green Acre #477: Hold On, Spud!

Will the common russet perform decoratively in the garden? We’ll see.

May 29, 2024

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Green Acre #476: Greg the Gardener

I tell him where to plant things. He does all the work.

May 22, 2024

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