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Rose recalls gardening as her favorite childhood memory. Her horticultural career included eight years at Phipps Conservatory and a decade owning a landscape design and installation company specializing in organic perennial gardens. Writing is her other passion, so garden writing is a natural. Contact her at rose.rosefield@gmail.com

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Buying dandelion seeds

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They're everywhere, they're free and they're difficult to get rid of, so why do people want to buy dandelion seeds? Despite being hated by lawn...
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Interview: Pittsburgh garden develops step by step

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The Pittsburgh East End neighborhood of Point Breeze has watched the slow but steady birth of a garden over many...
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Keeping hibiscus over the winter

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Now that Pittsburgh has endured its first hard frost of the fall, any plants from the patio or deck that you intend to save should be snug inside....
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Turning autumn leaves into leaf mold

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Before you grumble about raking up the zillions of leaves currently drifting down, consider how valuable they will be to your garden and start to...
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Great local websites and events for Pittsburgh area gardeners

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Staying informed about local garden related events, classes and festivals is, happily, getting harder as awareness of organic gardening and the local...
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Fall care for perennials

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Fall clean up is part of the bargain if you expect to have a lovely perennial garden, but it need not be an unwelcome chore. After weeding and doing...
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Why black walnut trees are toxic to other plants

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In the fall many Western Pennsylvanians enjoy collecting black walnuts for food. The large trees grow from 70' to more than 100' tall and are common...
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How to identify a tree

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At some point, when most of us were little kids, a teacher assigned us to bring in tree leaves so we could learn to identify them. Usually in the...
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Vegetables can surprise growers (and the President) with strange shapes

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A tiny potato got its fifteen minutes of fame in the national spotlight on the September 21 episode of the David...
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How do predaceous insects help the garden?

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While novice gardeners may be unfamiliar with the label “predaceous insects”, chances are they have long been familiar with some of the...
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