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That’s a Lot of Candles

John Friel

A couple of months ago This Space profiled a Montana IGC that opened in 1896. But I didn’t need to leave the East Coast to help celebrate a green business that’s significantly older.

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What’s That Buzzing Sound?

John Friel

Writing catalogs and researching nomenclature left me more comfortable with etymology than with entomology.

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War & Peace in the Garden

John Friel

June brought the yearly Open House of Star Roses and Plants in West Grove, Pennsylvania.

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Flight Routes, Deep Roots

John Friel

Destination: Montana, 48th on the checklist. I should’ve visited sooner; it’s a beauty.

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Bad News in Two Languages

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RIP Dr. Darrel Apps, friend, plantsman and daylily breeder extraordinaire.

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Retail Realities

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Most springs, I visit a big box and an IGC or two, just to see what’s out there in each realm. I rarely come home empty-handed.

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The Bug(s) From Hell

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One by one, we figure them out and deal with them. Crisis control becomes routine maintenanc

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A Ticket to the Future

John Friel

Nobody does it better than the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society and the Philadelphia Flower Show.

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MANTS: Where the Season Starts

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There’s every reason to be hopeful, even confident, about spring and beyond.

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Ob-la-di, ob-la-da

John Friel

“Waiting on a hurricane is like being stalked by a turtle.” —Cheri Markowitz, Emerald Coast Growers