Blue Hydrangeas and Lime in Garden Chemistry
A garden expert explains how soil pH and aluminum affect hydrangea color, noting lime can ruin blooms and azaleas. Suggestions include soil testing, aluminum sulfate for blueing, hydrated lime for pinking, and careful pruning after blooming. The article also advises cautious lime use around acid loving shrubs and lists hardy annuals and perennial options for mild weather.
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Lenson Neal
Ted Stephens
Nurseries
Caroliniana
Ted
Lenson
Clemson
Elderadowifx
Dear Abby Letters Show Power of Saying I Love You
Readers share how saying I love you changed family dynamics and comforted a grieving father. Abby responds with sympathy and notes that spoken and written words matter, citing a Wichita story of a grateful son and a church youth group anecdote.
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Abby
Bonnie Barnett
Irving
Texas
Bonnie
New Orleans
Gratis
Aletter
Paul A. Miller
Wichita
Paul
Office Gang
Garden Grove
Calif
Diane
Omaha
Canada
Mount Morris
Town and Country Club meeting at USCA Aiken
The Town and Country Club of Aiken meets Thursday February 3 with registration at 9 30 am at Etherredge Center USCA Aiken The guest Emily Bull Cooper will portray Eulalie Salley Call 648 5110 for details Also notes on plant varieties and garden projects and a Pine Needle Country Club February social at Teresa's Restaurant.
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Ginnie Allen
Pine Needle Country Club
G. Allen Design
Teresa
Books for winter garden readers gather ideas and ideas
Winter reading shelves fill with gardening titles. Jim Wilson’s Bulletproof Flowers for the South celebrates heat loving blooms for Kentucky gardeners facing hot summers. Steve Bender’s Southern Living Garden Problem Solver offers quick pest and disease fixes. Michael Weishan’s The New Traditional Garden guides personal style and historic plant choices. Eleanor Perenyi’s Green Thoughts collects horticulture essays for quiet evenings. Henry Mitchell’s One Man’s Garden blends wit with Earthman nostalgia. Veronica Ray’s Zen Gardening inspires mindful care. Dorra’s Beautiful American Rose Gardens showcases 24 rose gardens with growing tips and layout diagrams. Gertrude Jekyll’s The Gardener's Essential, Tovah Martin and Richard W. Brown’s Garden Whimsy, Dorie Byers Herbal Remedy Gardens, and Deborah Burns Basic Country Skills round out practical reads.
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Ballantine
Michael Weishan
Weishan
Vintage Books
Eleanor Perenyi
Mariner Books
Henry Mitchell
Washington Post
Berkley Books
Veronica Ray
Gertrude Jekyll
Tovah Martin
Richard W. Brown
Houghton Mifflin
Dorie Byers
Storey Books
Deborah Burns
New magazine For the Groom targets engaging grooms
Knight Ridder reports a new publication called For the Groom aims to fill a wedding planning gap for men. founder David Knickerbocker, an ex advertising exec from Norwalk, says the magazine treats engagement and early marriage from a male perspective with practical tips and humor.
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David Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker
Norwalk
Conn
Maxim
Men's Health
Wings
Protesters disrupt NYC mayor event with phony money
Two PETA protesters hurled counterfeit cash toward Mayor Rudolph Giuliani as he accepted a Ringmaster for Life title at City Hall amid Ringling Bros. circus acts. They were charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct after the 25 second disruption. Seven lines later, the piece notes recent circus animal deaths, including an elephant and a tiger.
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New York
City Hall
Rudolph Gilani
Rinsling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Giuliani
New York City
PETA
Luke Downing
Lincoln
Neb
Arathi Jayaram
Norfolk
Ringling
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Lynette Rinehart
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Lib Scott
Perry
South
Taylor Publishing
Jim Wilson
Kentucky
Wilson
Victory Garden
Southern Living Garden
Oxmoor House
Steve Bender
Bender
Clarkson Potter
Mary ‘Tonetti
Dorra
United States
Knight Ridder
Las Vegas
Upeoe
Bermuda
Wners
Landscapers & Builders
Fresh Farms
N.Y
Rose Seminar
Alken
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