Putting Down Roots --Gardening Columns



	PUTTING DOWN ROOTS: A Delightful Blend of Gardening Wisdom, Wit and Whimsy $10 + $2 for shipping by Cliff Johnson

1997 GARDENING COLUMNS
Putting Down Roots newspaper columns published in the Chaska Herald during 1997.

1997 COLUMNS


	MAY FROST, IMPORTANT LESSONS, AND PROBLEM EVERGREENS
	CONSIDER ORNAMENTAL ANNUAL VINES FOR YOUR GARDEN THIS SUMMER
	RECALL A TREE, PLANT A TREE ON ARBOR DAY
	BRING BACK FORGOTTEN SPORT OF 'BATTING CORNCOBS'
	CRABGRASS CONTROL, PRUNING FLOWERING SHRUBS, AND WINTERKILL
	FALL GARDENING TIPS AND OTHER GOOD STUFF
	MID-MARCH DRIVE DOWN I-35 NOT ALL DRAB BROWN
	NIFTY IDEAS TO MAKE GARDENING FUN FOR CHILDREN
	OKAY, WISE GUY: WHAT ABOUT THOSE LEAVES ON THE SNOW...
	LESSONS I'VE LEARNED ABOUT GARDENING IN 1997
	HUNGRY? TRY MAPLE SYRUP + PULVERIZED CORN + BEAR FAT
	START WITH AWARD-WINNING VARIETIES FOR BEST GARDENING RESULTS
	AUGUST IS GOOD MONTH FOR CORRECTING GARDENING MISTAKES
	MONSOON SEASON OFFERS NEW ARRAY OF GARDENING CHALLENGES
	MASTER GARDENERS REVEAL THEIR 1998 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
	ORNAMENTAL GRASSES ADD YEAR-ROUND VARIETY TO GARDEN
	RAKING/BAGGING LEAVES NO LONGER A REQUIRED FALL JOB
	HYBRID POPLARS ATTRACTING ATTENTION OF STATE'S LANDOWNERS
	PERENNIALS VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THICK SNOW BLANKET
	SOME INSECTS ARE THE "GOOD GUYS;" HOW TO ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES
	TREE PROBLEMS...TREE PROBLEMS...OH SO MANY TREE PROBLEMS!
	SMALL TREES GROW FASTER THAN LARGE FOLLOWING TRANSPLANTING
	WALNUT TREES CAUSE OF GREATEST NUMBER OF QUERIES
	'REAL' GARDENERS SEE FLOWERS OUT THEIR WINDOW YEAR-ROUND