Garden artist Susan Davis dies at 51 in Washington
Susan Davis, Washington artist and illustrator, died this week at age 51. She illustrated Henry Mitchell’s Earthman column for 12 years and contributed to a new edition of Mitchell’s One Man’s Garden. Her work appeared on New Yorker covers and in The Washington Post Garden Book. Her garden scenes—doves, squirrels, mockingbirds, stone walls—captured light, texture, and the joy of gardening, enduring in readers and in final projects like The Wash.
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Compost Additives Not Needed, UW Study Finds
Scripps Howard News Service reports researchers at the University of Wisconsin tested compost piles with and without additives. They found composting occurred at similar rates and weights in both groups, with initial quick-start effects fading as nitrogen levels diminished.
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Gardening tips and parties in Carolyne Roehm Winter Notebook
Carolyne Roehm expands beyond fashion to gardening and entertaining in her new Winter Notebook from Harper Collins. The book offers party planning ideas, table settings, place cards, centerpieces, Christmas and New Year menus, and chapters on potato and soup recipes plus resource lists and a workbook page for gifts and gifts lists.
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Ground covers provide green through winter in gardens
Winter garden features highlight year round ground level greenery with pachysandra periwinkle and English ivy alternatives. Bearberry thyme moss pink and other evergreens form mats edging beds while boxwood lavender sea pink alpine strawberries wormwoods offer texture and color through cold months.
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