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Branch out with trees for an edible landscape

When planting a new tree this spring, think beyond shade, privacy and ornamental value. Nut and fruit trees can provide all of those as well as great-tasting food. You may not think of Utah as a nut-growing state, but several species of hazelnuts and almonds grow well in our high-dessert climate and are suited to the home garden in terms of their size and productivity.

April 16, 2013

Business

Lack of Impatiens a Blow to Gardeners

For decades, it’s been a rite of spring. You hop in the car, head for the nearest garden center and load up on impatiens, the best-selling, candy-colored annuals that thrive in shade, mound up like half a beach ball, and bloom their heads off till frost, asking little in return.

February 12, 2013

Business

Colorful Bark in Winter

Everyone knows that flowers provide color in the garden, particularly through spring and summer. As blooms become less abundant in autumn, fall color of deciduous plants and trees becomes more prominent. After most plants are finished blooming, and most of the fall color is gone, the garden may seem relatively bleak for winter. Only evergreen foliage remains. This is when plants that exhibit colorful bark or bare twigs really get noticed.

January 15, 2013

Business

Keeping the Winter Landscape Interesting

While many homeowners gladly embrace the joy of gardening in spring and summer, many turn their backs on the outside of their house as the weather cools. It may not be as easy to surround your home with colorful flowers and greenery in the winter, but landscape designers and home remodeling experts can recommend ways to improve the appeal of your grounds even when they are hard with frost.

November 16, 2012

Business

Fall cleanup sows a head start to spring planting

Summer is through, but there is still work to do outside. Cleaning up the yard and garden in fall can give you a head start on spring planting and keep garden pests and diseases in check. “There’s still plenty to do this time of year,” said Bill Dawson, coordinator of the Growing to Green community garden program with the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens.

October 25, 2012

Design-Build

What’s for lunch? In this heat, it makes a difference.

Temps are sweltering everywhere and–especially if you work outdoors in construction–what you eat for lunch may determine how well you hold up in the heat. I always liked Mexican food when the mercury soared. Not the kind of heavy stuff you typically get at chain restaurants, but good tamales, guacamole, rice and beans (not refried […]

June 28, 2012