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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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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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Start Veggies Indoors

January 17, 2013 | By Steve Bender | Comments (4)

Don’t give up on gardening just because it’s cold and gloomy outside. Spring will be here sooner than an IRS audit! So if you’re one of those wild-eyed weirdos who prefer good heath to disease and fresh veggies to canned or frozen, here’s an easy gardening task to jump-start spring. Sow vegetable seeds indoors.

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Last-Second Garden Gifts from Grumpy!

December 20, 2012 | By Steve Bender | Comments (2)

We’re coming down to the wire. The Mayan calendar says the world will end tomorrow, December 21. But if it doesn’t and you’re still on the hook for a unique gardening gift for Christmas, you’ve come to the right place. Here are some items sure to make even the most discerning gardener blubber like a baby. Item #1. Heirloom Vegetable […]

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Plant A Persimmon!

December 9, 2012 | By Steve Bender | Comments (12)

- The big, bright-orange fruits look like tomatoes on a tree. They taste sweet and delicious. The trees that bear them love the Southern climate, have no pests, don’t need spraying, and are as goof-proof as they can be. They’re called Japanese persimmons. And if you’ve shied away from growing fruit trees because they’re too much trouble, meet the ones […]

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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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Don’t Dump Your Pumpkin!

November 1, 2012 | By Steve Bender | Comments (4)

One of the first questions that comes to mind the morning after Halloween is, “Who gave my kid a can of snuff?” Sorry, Grumpy can’t help there. But he can give you several ideas with what to do with your pumpkin other than dumping it in the trash.

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Prepare Your Soil for Spring

October 25, 2012 | By Steve Bender | Comments (2)

Question from Desperate Reader: I didn’t have a good year for growing vegetables. I have two crepe myrtles near the bed. Do I have too much shade? Can you give me some suggestions as to what to do next season?

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Ugliest Tomato Honored!

October 7, 2012 | By Steve Bender | Comments (5)

Earlier this summer, Grumpy posed a challenge to his readers. Send him a photo of the ugliest tomato you grew this year and the ugliest of all will win a prize. Well, the winner has been chosen! And it’s uglier than the north end of a southbound baboon.

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