Monthly Archives: February 2012

Houseplant Heroes!

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Editor

By Ellen Barredo (This article was first published in a shortened form in The Gateway Gardener March 2012 issue) Houseplants, our Green Heroes, work tirelessly purifying our home and office environments removing common pollutants and continuously releasing oxygen and moisture … Continue reading →

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Get a Hot Start on Cool Season Veggies

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Editor

By Mara Higdon (This article was first published in The Gateway Gardener Jan./Feb. 2011 issue) Can’t wait to get out in the garden?  You can start sooner and have easily grown produce if you plant cool season vegetables!  Cool season … Continue reading →

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Eat Your Landscape!

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Editor

By Steffie Littlefield Photos courtesy Tammy Palmier, Missouri Botanical Garden (This article was first published in The Gateway Gardener January/February 2011 issue.) Creating a garden or landscape that is more than a park but a place that produces food for … Continue reading →

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Checkin’ Out Chickens!

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Editor

There are lots of benefits to keeping backyard chickens. Turns out one of them comes from simply watching them. Debi Gibson, director of the Maplewood/Richmond Heights School District’s Seed to Table program and the “mother hen” who cares for a … Continue reading →

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In Bloom February 1, 2012

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Editor

On this February 1st, 2012, it’s a sunny 55 degrees F–the third day in a row of spring-like temps, and it shows in the garden. Here are some things I found in bloom. It’s been a crazy winter! Click on … Continue reading →

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