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Old 01-15-2008, 10:56 AM   #1
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Home and Garden Roundup for Week of 1/13/2008

A weekly roundup of the top stories from the Home & Garden sections of leading newspapers around the country.

The Los Angeles Times Home and Garden Section's article, "Not Much Dirt Here" says its the season for buying bare root trees if you're looking for a bargain. Even so, many retailers and gardeners are leaning towards buying containerized bare root trees instead.
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Planting in containers -- they're still called bare root -- helps nurseries keep roots from drying out and extends the selling season because trees can be kept in the same containers until they're sold. Depending on the nursery, a 5-gallon containerized bare root will cost at least 10% to 20% more than a traditional bare-root tree in a bin.

Los Angeles Times -- Bare root trees at Dave Wilson Nursery


The Miami Herald Gardening Section highlights a cycad from Guatemala, Zamia Tuerckheimii.

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The cycad was discovered by Hans Von Turckheim, a German who went to Guatemala to run a coffee plantation. It lives in rain forests among limestone boulders, according to Loran Whitelock's The Cycads.

The lovely plant should be seen more often in cultivation, but it, like other Guatemalan plants, has not been widely commercialized.

Georgia Tasker/Miami Herald Staff


The Seattle Post Intelligencer NW Gardens focuses on gear this week with it's article, "The Grounded Gardener: These boots are made for gardening."

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Good boots or clogs are not cheap -- or if they are, they don't last long. Invest in a sturdy pair and you'll get many years of work out of them.

Boots require a commitment. You won't want to take the time to pull them on if you are going out only to cut a handful of thyme or chase a squirrel from the birdfeeder. You want boots when there is long-term work to be done, and the weather and ground are not the best.

seattlepi.com -- A pair of Bogs


The Dallas Morning News Home/Gardening section tells of one Texas family who extended the season for outdoor living by installing an fireplace in their backyard.

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A well laid-out outdoor living space creates another room in your home, just not air-conditioned space. Depending where it is placed, it can have all the same elements – heat, fireplace cooking, shade, water. It has all the same elements without the walls.

COURTNEY PERRY/DMN -- Garden designer Robert Bellamy's outdoor fireplace

The New York Times Home & Garden section helps one reader figure out which perennials could survive, and hopefully thrive in a pot on a New York City rooftop.

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Many plants fill most of your bill, including some (not all) varieties of Shasta daisy, coneflower, coreopsis, day lily, gaillardia, sedum, yarrow, dwarf buddleia and dwarf hardy hibiscus, just for starters, but every one requires at least a little care beyond simple feeding and watering.

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I wanted those boots! I convinced myself they were too much money.... hmmm... maybe now I have a valid excuse to go back and get them!
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