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Don’t Hate My Lawn! 5 Keys to Responsible Lawn Care

May 19, 2013 | By Steve Bender | Comments (0)

Lawn lovers, we are victorious! Last week, we decisively proved that there are very good reasons to cherish our carpets of green! But with great power comes great responsibility. Here are five ways to become an environmentally sensitive lawn owner.

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Buy This Planter & Save Your Marriage!

May 9, 2013 | By Steve Bender | Comments (1)

On five days a year – Christmas, Valentine’s, your anniversary, your spouse’s birthday, and Mother’s Day — men’s lives hang by the teeniest of threads. Forget a gift to mark the occasion and you’re deader than the market for rotary phones. Grumpy can’t help you with the first four days, but has a great idea for Mother’s Day — our […]

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Get Your Garden Ready for Summer!

May 5, 2013 | By Steve Bender | Comments (3)

It may be snowing in Duluth and wintry in Wisconsin, but here in the South, it’s spring! Don’t you love it? Now is a great time to enjoy your cool-weather flowers, while also setting out plants for summer. And that’s just what Grumpy has been doing.

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Tropical Flowers for Temperate Gardens — Yellow Shrimp Plant

April 18, 2013 | By Steve Bender | Comments (0)

It has always been one of Grumpy’s foremost goals to introduce his readers to great flowers named for the freshest seafood. Therefore, I present to you this wonderful, nonstop bloomer that is often seen in Florida gardens, but should be seen in all — yellow shrimp plant.

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These Blooming Bells Ring My Chimes! Calibrachoas

April 11, 2013 | By Steve Bender | Comments (1)

At first glance, Calibrachoa (pronounced callie-bruh-KO-a) looks like a miniature version of the petunia. That’s not so weird. The two belong to the same family. But Calibrachoa offers colors that petunias don’t — strong yellows, terra-cottas, oranges — as well as red, pink, rose, burgundy, blue, lavender, purple, and bicolors. Boatloads of single or double flowers appear from spring to […]

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No Chocolates for Valentine’s Day!

February 10, 2013 | By Steve Bender | Comments (5)

If you’re a clueless guy planning to buy your sweetheart a heart-shaped box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day, know this. You might as well be handing her a noose and rope to hang you with. It all comes down to the laws of physics.

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Sow the Right Seeds

February 7, 2013 | By Steve Bender | Comments (7)

Nothing pleases Grumpy more than spreading the word about a Southern gardening company that performs a valuable service for all the right reasons. So ladies and gentlemen, cats, dogs, and chickens, please make the acquaintance of Sow True Seed from Asheville, North Carolina.

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Are You Ready For Spring?

January 31, 2013 | By Steve Bender | Comments (9)

Where did winter go? Well, for most of us in the South, it was never here. And with the spring thaw nearly upon us, it’s time to ask yourself — is my garden ready for spring? Surely, no question in the world is more important. The following checklist will get you off to a good start.

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Give A Grow Box This Christmas

November 25, 2012 | By Steve Bender | Comments (5)

Grumpy is a merciless judge when it come to recommending gifts for gardeners. Only the coolest, most useful, most imaginative items make it past his jaundiced eye. And the first gift on his Christmas list this year is something you will absolutely love. The Grow Box.

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9 Things I’m Grateful For This Thanksgiving

November 18, 2012 | By Steve Bender | Comments (10)

Thanksgiving is almost here, the chosen turkey is dead, and all that hard work Peyton Manning and I put in during the offseason has really paid off for Denver. Yet Grumpy has 9 more reasons to give thanks this year. Here they are.

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