Lazy Gardener: Selected Columns 2005-2007
by
Jeanne Santangelo, writing as the Lazy Gardener in the Novato Advance since 2003.
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Winter

Tasks, Frost
Snails
Winter Garden Care, Pruning
Birds and Cats in the Garden
Planting: Camellias, Bulbs, Natives; Ericoids
Pomagranates
Cut back Ornamental Grasses,
perennials
Success with Seeds
Easy Care Summer Bulbs

Spring

Gardening for Natural Cooling
Patio and Container Gardening
Patio Trees
Mulch
Shopping and Planting in a Summer-dry Climate
Pesticide Alternatives, Marin Beyond Pesticides, IPM
Compost
Compost Tea
Less-toxic Termite solutions
Wet Clay Soil
Mosquitoes

Top 10 Stupid Garden Mistakes

10: Call Before You Dig
9: Garden Warrior Safety
8: Agressive Roots
7: IPM Alternatives for Scale
6: Allelopathic Plants
5: Invasive Plants, Self-seeding Annuals
4: Growth Rate

Summer

June Garden To-do List
Erysimum Wallflower
Bats in the Garden
Citrus in Novato
Hedge Alternatives to Privet
Mulch, Mango Mulch
Summer Garden
Hot and Dry
Hardscape/Heat Islands/Permeable Pavement

Fall

Fall Soil Care, Gopher Questions
Go Bulb Crazy!
Plant Natives
Consider the deer
Landscape to save energy
Winter veggies, clay soil and pH
Coexisting with Deer
Deer and Fire Resistant Plants
Fall Checklist
Spiders, Nasella Grass
Rain, Cold, Dormancy
Ants

Lawn Care, Alternatives

Sustainable Lawn Care, Eco-lawn
Organic Lawn

Weeds and Weed Abatement

Kitchen Remedies for weeds, bugs, mildew
Removing Weeds Naturally
Wild Radish
Weeds
Non-Chemical Weed Control: Waipuna, Hydro-Mechanical Obliteration

Dear gentle reader and fellow gardener,

I've selected some fan and personal favorites and some columns you will find useful. Do check out my selection of recommended books and the valuable information available on the links page. You can follow my continuing gardening misadventures and anecdotes from a small suburban city in the Wednesday Advance and on their website at www.novatoadvance.com.

I do not reply to blog postings on the Advance site. I will reply to emails sent to my contact address.

Hie thee to a native nursery, dig in and mulch!

~ Jeanne

Garden Speed
Winter Solstice Blues
Last Journey Home
Endings and Beginnings
Victory Garden Reconsidered
Sounds in the Garden
Creating Memories
Thanksgiving, Goodby

All material Copyright Jeanne Santangelo, 2003-2007. Please contact for reprint permission.


Links to Recommended books:
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