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[caption id="attachment_273" align="alignleft" width="166" caption="Garden Mystery Give Away"][/caption] We have two paperback copies of Rosemary Harris' Pushing Up Daisies to give away, along with a pair of Womanswork nitrile weeding gloves. Pushing Up Daisies is Rosemary's first novel, and it won her the "Anthony and Agatha" nomination for best first novel. This week she launches her third book, Dead Head, published by St. Martin's Minotaur imprint. I read it this weekend and it is as much fun as t...

Hay versus straw Hay is grown as food for livestock.  If you buy hay for your garden you will have seed heads that can sprout and create weeds. I learned this the hard way one year when I sprinkled hay over a newly seeded part of our lawn and large weeds emerged that were hard to pull out. Straw makes a great mulch and planting bed for your garden. It has no nutritional value for animals because it's made of the plant stalk with the seed head removed, leaving a hollow tube. (Think of a drinking 'straw'...

One lucky reader each week in January will receive a free pair of Womanswork High Performance Gloves! Send us your gardening resolutions for 2010 by adding a comment below, and we will pick one lucky winner each Thursday in January to receive a free pair of Womanswork garden gloves to help you with your resolution. We'll get the ball rolling by telling you ours:  Dorian Winslow's 2010 Gardening Resolutions-- Get my clivia miniata to bloom. I bought it in full bloom in Jan 2008, and since then ...

Curious Gardener's Garden Quiz: 1. What well known Spring shrub is this: salix discolor? a.)   azalea b.)   pussy willow c.)    forsythia 2. True or False: It’s best not to garden in wet soil  3. Which one of the following plants makes a wonderful cut flower, and  has the delicacy of a rose? a.)    Lisianthus b.)    Dahlia c.)    Peony 4. Which of the following is a recipe for creating a natural rooting hormone for plants? a.)    Squeeze a lemon in wa...

Here are 7 tips to help you with your garden now, as summer is winding down.  I follow every one of these practices in my garden. #1: Watering Tips: Remember to give your plants enough water. The water needs to reach the roots or it will lead to shallow root systems. This will prevent plants from absorbing and storing enough water to support them. For annuals, lawns and perennials, most roots are 4 to 6 inches below the soil surface. For trees they can be down as far as 18 to 24 inches.  Running the sp...

Can you answer these 15 True/False and multiple choice questions?  Many of the answers can be found in earlier Curious Gardener articles. Answers are at the bottom of the page, but try not to peek. 1. Which one of the following is NOT a method of plant propagation? (multiple choice) a) Plant division b) Layering c) Conditioning d) Seed germination 2. Which of the following perennial plants are drought resistant? (multiple choice) a) Stokesia cvs (Stokes Aster) b) Baptisia cvs (False Indigo) c) ...

Womanswork has gathered our favorite garden gloves, tools and other gardening essentials for a giveaway this month! The total retail value of this giveaway is $223.40. To enter write a comment below saying you would like to win our "Think Spring" prize and you will be entered to win. It's that simple! If you prefer to enter via Instagram, find us at @womansworkco, like our post and tag a friend. You will automatically be entered and so will your friends as long as they give our post a like too!  On ...