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Author Archive for Pat Welsh

Fortnight Lily (Dietes)

Question from Mari Jon: Hello! Intended to cut back dead leaves from the fortnight lilies. I  pulled on some of them, and they came out easily.  Is this an acceptable way of getting rid of the dead leaves, or must I cut them back near the base?  Seems like I might be freeing up space […]

Planting Sweetgrass

Question from Chana: Hi: Organic gardens here, Wanting planting sweetgrass.  Choices…few…best found…sweetgrass plugs…they raise in greenhouse and use “basic fertilizer” non organic…would this affect gardens, if plant sweet grass plugs from here? Thank you for your help. Answer from Pat: No, the fact that some greenhouse-grown plants were fed with a non-organic liquid fertilizer will […]