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Keep Holiday Plants Beautiful
The Journal's Garden Planner
Each season the Journal updates you on yard and garden care. Here are PDFs of the garden planners (300-400KB each):
Winter Fall Summer Spring
The Bugman
Get all your questions about creepy crawlies answered by board certified entomologist Richard Fagerlund, who has a weekly column in the Journal
City of Albuquerque
information about xeriscaping, water conservation and city water-bill rebates.
Xeriscaping
A spring issue of the HomeStyle section of the Albuquerque Journal illustrated the steps you can take to convert a turf-based yard to a water-wise xeriscape.
Homes & Real Estate
New Mexico's home builders and designers are among the best in the world. Read the Journal's stories about their newest offerings.
American Home Week 2002
Information and advice for home sellers and buyers
Other sites of interest:Mortgage Calculators How Much House Can I Afford? Today's Interest Rates
At this season, the most common gardening questions are about poinsettias, Christmas cactuses and other holiday plants. Many gardeners do not want to keep the plants for next year, but only to prolong their beauty to last from Thanksgiving through the New Year. Some gardeners do want to keep their plant to flower again next year. In both cases, the beginning treatment is the same. (Saturday, November 21, 2009)
Grow in the Cold
For backyard gardeners, a little climate change doesn't have to be scary. In fact, generating climate change with greenhouses, plastic covers and hoop houses goes a long way toward cultivating a winter garden and prolonging the growing season. (Saturday, November 07, 2009)
Tree of heaven can be hellish
Q: A neighbor removed several trees within this past year since they were affecting our mutual cinderblock wall. However, the trees now seem to be coming back with a vengeance. The trees have roots coming into my yard beneath the wall. The lawn looks like a miniature forest! I hired yardmen to dig them up manually, but they persist in coming back. We have unsuccessfully tried herbicide products. I believe these trees are known as trees of heaven. What can we do? — Cynthia M., Albuquerque (Saturday, November 07, 2009)
Vascular damage greatest threat to wounded tree
Q: I am writing from Idaho for my parents, who live in Albuquerque. My dad has accidentally whacked the trunk of a 5- to 6-year-old pecan tree with a grass edger several times now. Until now, the damage has been minor, but apparently, a few days ago he hit it worse than the other times. I do not know how deep the wound is, but the damage is close to the ground and I am concerned about insects and diseases invading the wound. People at a nursery told me to leave it alone. However, I have heard that using glue on the damaged area will seal it off and keep out insects and diseases. I would appreciate any advice you could give me. — Melissa B., University of Idaho (Saturday, October 24, 2009)
Old seeds may prove to have life in them after all
Q: I was visiting my old family home and found a jar of some kind of seeds. These seeds are at least 20 years old, but I want to try to grow them. Is it possible? What is the best way to plant them to ensure success? — Tommy T. (Saturday, October 10, 2009)
Backyard Pathfinder
A great lover of the simple pleasures of nature, 19th-century poet and philosopher Henry David Thoreau advised people to "pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence." (Saturday, October 03, 2009)
Southwest Gardening A Challenge for Transplants
Q: I moved to Albuquerque last winter. In Michigan I was a pretty good gardener. However, after this gardening season in Albuquerque, my confidence is shaken. My vegetable garden failed miserably. What should I know about gardening here? — Albuquerque West Side (Saturday, September 26, 2009)
Well-maintained compost pile keeps itself warm
Q: I plan to start composting this fall when I clean my garden. Do I need to do something to keep it warm during the winter so it will make compost? I have never had compost before. (Saturday, September 12, 2009)
Fall 2009 Garden Planner
A perfect time to plant spring-blooming bulbs is during the fall, when nurseries and garden centers carry an assortment that includes daffodils, glory of the snow, snowdrops, hyacinth, grape hyacinth, peony, allium, anemone, ranunculus and eremurus (also called foxtail lily or desert candle). (Saturday, September 05, 2009)
Summer's the right time for planting in xeriscape
Q: I read somewhere that I should not put new plants into my xeriscape in the middle of the summer because it was too hot. Is it cool enough to plant now? — W.B., Albuquerque (Saturday, August 29, 2009)
The Art of Safety (Saturday, August 08, 2009)
There's still time to grow a garden, but plant now! (Saturday, August 01, 2009)
Reusing Raindrops (Saturday, July 25, 2009)
Tree transplant requires delicate work with roots (Saturday, July 18, 2009)
Healing Essentials (Saturday, July 11, 2009)
What tools call home (Saturday, July 04, 2009)
Define 'weed' before eradicating (Saturday, July 04, 2009)
Escape the Wind (Saturday, June 27, 2009)
Ocotillo soil can't get too wet (Saturday, June 20, 2009)
Details on right acidity for soil (Saturday, June 06, 2009)
HGTV show to feature horticulturist from N.M. (Saturday, May 30, 2009)
