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Marie Iannotti, About's Gardening Guide, discusses 5 gardening and landscaping trends of which she approves — followed by 5 examples of ill-advised trends. Regarding the latter, I especially like her denunciation of "garden snobs," people who "are so busy acting bored and unimpressed, they've lost track of why they garden." Let us never lose track of that, as we journey together through four seasons of landscaping in 2007!…Read More

I've been saying this comment ever since the beginning of the new year. Spring is on its way, spring is on its way, spring is on its way. I guess you can tell by now that i'm a little tired of this winter weather and i'm ready to get in gear and start all of my spring and summer projects.

Yeah, i know spring is not exactly as close as I would like it to be. But it does not hurt to start thinking of projects that you would like to do. Like starting your seedlings if you have a warm place to keep them. Or placing an order from your favorite nursery for vegetable and tomato plants so that they are delivered at the right time for the climate of your area.

Maybe you might want to go out and get some grass seed to get ready for reseeding your front and back yard. Yeah, I know spring is still a ways a way but it never hurts to be prepared and it will save you less preparation time when spring finally does arrive.

Check out our latest article on lawn dethatching and how to prepare your lawn come spring. Can you tell i'm really,really,ready for spring …..