Ask Carrie

Fashion-Forward Gardening

A couple weeks ago I was watching the Golden Globes.  Not so much to see the awards themselves, but to comment on the fashions.  “Really, what was Michelle Williams thinking with that daisy-print dress?”  “Wow! Catherine Zeta-Jones looks amazing!”  “Oh, that Helena Bonham-Carter ….ha ha ha...more
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Ask Jill

Native Highlights: Shagbark Hickory

One of the most common hickory in Wisconsin that is easily identified by its shaggy bark, large leaves and edible nuts. more
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Ask Paul

Garden Update: Summer 2011

Harvesting cherries is over, at least for me anyway. While the cherry harvest in Door County, WI is just starting (July 18th) my North Star cherry tree is now stripped clean of its fruit. What a bountiful harvest it was. My tree is now 8 years old and bore a heavy crop this year. After pitting, I...more
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Don't Ask Tom

Forest Dreaming

Last summer, a client gave me a copy of The Man Who Planted Trees published in 1953 by Jean Giono.  It is the first person (fictional) account of a shepherd, Elzeard Bouffier, who plants 100,000 acorns in a ruined, deforested valley of the Alps near Provence, France around 1910.  Years later the...more
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