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Gardening Articles INDEX

Don Meehan's "Timely Topic" Articles
 
Mariana Graham's "In Good Thyme" Articles
Article No.
Topic
Date Written
 
Article No.
Topic
Date Written
TT 02
Yellow and Scorched Rhodendron Leaves
4/84
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Tent caterpillars feeding on Whidbey Island trees
6/13/01
TT 05
Home Lawn Care
6/84
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Pretty Poison Endangers Island County Livestock
4/18/01
TT 08
Slug Control

7/2/84

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Tigers May Be Tenting in Your Trees
4/25/01
TT10
Herbs
8/84
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For Low Maintenance Lawn, Try a Moss Milkshake
3/28/01
TT12
The Year of the Aphid Spring
1984
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Socrates' undoing thrives in Island backyards
5/30/01
TT14
Apples in Western Washington
10/84
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No more bees? Not if gardeners can help it

6/20/01

TT15
Growing Kiwi
11/84
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Water is key to summer transplant success
6/27/01
TT18
Peach Trees Struggle in Western Washington
12/84
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Veggie gardeners find bolting revolting
7/01
TT19
Pruning Principles for Fruit Trees
1/85
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Cocoa by-products, Internet wasps join gardeners' arsenals
7/01
TT20
Spruce Tree Needle Drop
1/85
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In this you can trust: hollyhocks get rust 
7/01
TT21
Plant Trees That Like Wet Feet
2/85
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Snakes and snails tell gardening tales
TT22
Winter Damage to Young Fruit Trees
2/88
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Leaf through some suggestions for the gardener's library
TT23
Raised Bed Gardening on Whidbey
3/88
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More Edible Flowers - and One That's Definitely Not
TT24
Fertilizing Ornamental Trees & Shrubs
3/75
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Edible Flower List
TT25
Using Pesticides Around the Hom
4/85
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Help Your Garden Survive Wind-Bey Island Weather
 
 
 
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Langley Man Practices Ancient Art of "Slow Sculpture"
TT29
Tent Caterpillars
6/85
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Exotic Orchids Bloom on Coupeville's Pennington Hill
TT30
Buying Locally Grown Farm Products
6/85
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From Bamboo to Beehives, this Organic Garden Has it All
TT31
Fertilizing Home Lawns
7/85
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Rhubarb: Mostly Delicious, Potentially Dangerous
TT32
Watering Gardens & Landscape Plants
7/85
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SAFE, NATURAL PRODUCTS ARE REPLACING GARDEN CHEMICALS
TT35
Apple Maggots Pose Serious Threat to Apple Industry
9/85
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FORSYTHIA CUBES, LOLLIPOP TREES AND OTHER CRIMES AGAINST NATURE
TT38
Apple Storage
10/85
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GET READY FOR ROSES, RIBES, AND RHODIES 
TT39
Selecting Baking Apples
11/85
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HOW TO KEEP YOUR WILLOWS FROM BEING BORED
TT40
Buying Your Family Christmas Tree
12/85
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PLANT BLEEDING HEART AND GIVE YOURSELF A VALENTINE
TT40A
Worried About What the Cold is Doing to Your Bushes and Trees?
12/85
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THEY'LL WORM THEIR WAY INTO YOUR GARDEN
 
 
 
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Fruit Fanciers Find Their Favorites At New Site 
TT43
Electronic Pest Repellers
12/85
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Holly and Peach Tree Curl
TT44
Springtail Clustering Causes Concern
1/86
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JANUARY IS OPEN SEASON ON SPRUCE APHID
TT49
Selecting Hardy Rhododendrons for Island Living

4/86

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LOCAL GARDENERS ENDURE SPOTTED SQUASH, JAVA JIVE
TT51
Moss and Cranefly Problems in Home Lawns
4/86
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ENGLISH HOLLY AN ENDURING - AND INVASIVE - YULETIDE SYMBOL
TT52
Using Soil Sterilants Around the Home Landscape
5/86
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When life gives you blackberries, make pie
TT54
About Research & Extension
6/86
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Moisture usually needed when fiddling with ferns
TT56
Edible and Poisonous Wild Berries
7/86
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How to keep annual geraniums all year round
TT60
"Wormy" Vegetable Roots
9/86
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There's much to do in the October garden
TT62
EPA Restricts Use of Wood Preservatives
10/86
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Garden pros name favorite trees, shrubs for fall color 
TT63
Construction Damage to Trees
10/86
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Prepare tender fuchsias for winter weather  
TT64
House Plant Soils Need Special Care
11/86
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Make your home a house plant heaven 
TT68
Garden Cover Crops and Gourmet Gardens
1/87
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How to deal with those pesky house plant pests
TT69
Planting Apple Trees
1/87
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There's much to be done in the quiet December garden 
TT70
Super Cottonwood Trees Available
2/87
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Winter brings the Christmas rose and other pretty poisons  
TT74
"Bt", A Biological Insecticide that Works Well
4/87
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Pussy willows signal that spring is on the way 
TT78
Watering the Whidbey Island Landscape
5/87
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Spring garden pleasures (and chores) abound
TT80
The Remarkable Earwig
6/87
 
 
TT82
A Rose's Life Is Not All Rosy
7/87
 
 
TT83
Experimenting with Summer Melons on Whidbey Island
7/87
 
 
TT84
Controlling Horsetail Weeds
8/87
 
 
TT85
Controlling Termites
8/87
 
 
TT86
European Crane Flies Damage Lawns and Pastures
9/87
 
 
TT87
Controlling Yellowjackets
10/87
 
 
TT93
Care and Feeding of Septic Tanks
1/88
 
 
TT94
Spruce Needle Drop
2/88
 
 
TT95
Be Prepared for Tent Caterpiller Invasion
3/88
 
 
TT96
Understanding Fungicides
3/88
 
 
TT101
Control of Lecanium Scale
6/88
 
 
TT102
Fruit Tree Pollination
6/88
 
 
TT103
Drought Injury to Trees
7/88
 
 
TT105
The Danger in Herbs
8/88
 
 
TT107
When to Pick Pears
9/88
 
 
TT117
Biological Insect Control in Greenhouses
5/89
 
 
TT130
Selecting a Christmas Tree
12/89
 
 
TT133
Planting Bareroot Trees and Shrubs
1/90
 
 
TT134
Horticultural Spray Oils Reduce Pesticide Use
2/90
 
 
TT135
Bagged Potting Soils Vary Widely
3/90
 
 
TT136
Caterpiller Damage to Conifers
3/90
 
 
TT141
Arachniphobia
9/90
 
 
TT143
I Sprayed the Plant but it Didn't Get any Better!
9/90
 
 
TT145
Controlling Peach Leaf Curl
11/90
 
 
TT147
Septic System Performance
11/90
 
 
TT148
Flooding Contamination of Private Wells
11/90
 
 
TT153
Springtail Clustering Causes Concern
1/91
 
 
TT156
Winter Injury of Landscape Plants - Part 1 - How Injury Occurs  
 
 
TT157
Winter Injury of Landscape Plants - Part 2 - Types of Injury  
 
 
TT158
Winter Injury of Landscape Plants - Part 3 - Symptoms of Injury  
 
 
TT159
Winter Injury of Landscape Plants - Part 4 - What to do About Winter Injury  
 
 
TT 160
Tree Blowdowns Increase Insect Populations
3/91
 
 

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