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Garden Reports

KYW's Fran Sorin

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Preparing Soil to Sow Seeds
Sowing seeds outdoors is a simple and quick way of propagating a variety of perennials, annuals and vegetables.

Selecting Healthy Perennials
Before you know it, spring will have arrived and there will be a mad rush to garden centers to pick the best that the season has to offer. Here are a few tips on making good choices.

Creating Useful and Safe Pathways
Paths and walkways are one of the most important elements of garden design and yet all too often they are relegated to the bottom of the list.

Growing Crops In Pots
If you don�t have enough space for a vegetable garden, consider growing your crops in pots.

KYW At Home

KYW's look at the home and garden for "do it yourselfers."

Garden Reports - Week of 6/29/09
KYW's Phran Novelli has these tips on pruning azaleas, 'pinching back' chrysanthemums and creating a star-spangled flower arrangement for the 4th of July. (2:21)

Garden Reports - Week of 6/22/09
KYW's Phran Novelli talks about keeping your hanging plants wet, sweetbay magnolia and hosta virus x. (2:32)

Garden Reports – Week of 6/15/09
KYW’s Phran Novelli talks about getting a rain gauge to save time and water, waiting to mow the lawn and shopping for perennials. (2:30)

Garden Reports – Week of 6/8/09
KYW’s Phran Novelli talks about growing your own herbs, deadheading your rhododendron and weeding as a workout. (2:31)

Garden Reports – Week of 6/1/09
KYW’s Phran Novelli talks about planting trees in the summer, picking out the weeds and impatiens requiring little patience. (2:33)

Garden Reports – Week of 5/25/09
KYW’s Phran Novelli talks about a mower good for your lawn , not mulching around tree trunks and philadelphus smelling great. (2:12)

Garden Reports – Week of 5/18/09
KYW’s Phran Novelli talks about baptisia australis, not touching those bulb leaves and getting plants to climb. (2:22)

Garden Reports – Week of 5/11/09
KYW’s Phran Novelli talks about soil testing for a lush lawn, volunteering to learn more about gardening and tree peonies. (2:13)

Garden Reports – Week of 5/4/09
KYW’s Phran Novelli talks about the right way to do it, growing your own herbs and the library of The Academy of Natural Sciences. (2:12)

What Is A Home Slicker?
A local building company's next-generation product "Home Slicker" is part of upcoming episodes of This Old House. KYW's John Ostapkovich reports. (2:12)