The Lazy Gardener & Friends | 2021 Newsletters
2021 Lazy Gardener & Friends Newsletter Index
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Volume 371 | 1/8/2021
PAPERWHITES FOR WINTER LETTING NATURE CALM OUR MINDS Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #141 John Ferguson, Have you Tried… BALD CYPRESS Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 372 | 1/15/2021
AMARYLLIS FOR LAZY GARDENERS… LET’S STOP VOLCANO MULCHING! Brenda Beust Smith, VOLCANO MULCHING’ IS DAMAGING TREES Susan Gail Wood, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #142 John Ferguson, Have you Tried… CHEROKEE SEDGE Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 373 | 1/22/2021
ONLINE PLANT SALES ARE (PROBABLY) HERE TO STAY Brenda Beust Smith, SPONSOR YOUR OWN SEED SWAP! Harris County Precinct 4, BOOK REVIEW: Food Fix – How to Save our Health, Our economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet – One Bite at a Time John Ferguson , Have you Tried… BUTTERFLY BLUE PINCUSHION Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 374 | 1/29/2021
ROSES BEWARE! VALENTINE’S DAY COMETH! Brenda Beust Smith, TIME TO PRUNE (MANY) ROSES! Baxter Williams, BOOK REVIEW: The DISAPPEARANCE OF BUTTERFLIES John Ferguson, Have you Tried… CHINQUAPIN OAK Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 375 | 2/5/2021
NOT WHAT WE WANTED O HEAR, AL! BUT BIRDS HOPE WE’LL LISTEN TO LAUREN Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #143 John Ferguson, Have you Tried… LITTLE BLUESTEM Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 376 | 2/26/2021
MAKE SURE “SALVAGING PLANTS” ADVICE COMES FROM LOCAL SOURCE! Brenda Beust Smith, Can I save my bushes, or are they going to die? Baxter Williams, THINK ABOUT GARDEN’S WILDLIFE BEFORE TACKLING ‘DEAD’ PLANTS Lauren Simpson, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #144 John Ferguson
Volume 377 | 3/5/2021
POST WINTER STORM ‘URI’ GOOD TIME FOR A NEW ‘TEXAS TOUGH’ GARDEN John Ferguson, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #145 Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 378 | 3/12/2021
SPECIAL THANKS TO READERS WHO REPORTED UNPROTECTED ‘GREEN SURVIVORS’! Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #146 John Ferguson, Have you Tried… LORD BYRON VIBURNUM Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 379 | 3/19/2021
GETTING CLOSER TO LOOKING FOR UNPROTECTED ‘GREEN SURVIVORS’? Brenda Beust Smith, ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL WHEN PRUNING FREEZE-KILLED FOLIAGE. Leon Macha, BOOK REVIEW: THE SOIL – HUMAN HEALTH NEXUS John Ferguson, Have you Tried… VINTAGE JADE DISTYLIUM Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 380 | 3/26/2021
APPLAUD PLANTS POPPING BACK OUT! Brenda Beust Smith, NOTHING LOOKS MORE DEAD THAN A DEAD CACTUS . . . Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #147 John Ferguson, Have you Tried… PUGSTER BUTTERFLY BUSH
Volume 381 | 4/2/2021
AS YOU REPLANT, REMEMBER COLOR’S NOT JUST FOR BEAUTY! Brenda Beust Smith, COLOR IN OUR GARDENS WEARS MANY HATS! (excerpted from “Lazy Gardener’s Guide”) Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #148 John Ferguson, Have you Tried… BLUE LIPS SHRUB Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 382 | 4/8/2021
CULTURAL PRACTICES TO KEEP PESTS AWAY Jay White, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #149 John Ferguson, Have you Tried… AGASTCHE Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 383 | 4/16/2021
CELEBRATING THE RETURNS . . . BUT CUTTING OFF HEADS? Brenda Beust Smith, CLEMATIS ENJOYED THE SNOW! BUT HAPPY HERE EVEN WITHOUT Gene Powers, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #150 John Ferguson, Have you Tried… HORNBEAM 382 4/8/2021 SMILES IN GARDEN HELP GROW PATIENCE Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 384 | 4/23/2021
DON’T LET RAINS (OR FACEBOOK) MISLEAD — PLANTS KNOW BETTER! Brenda Beust Smith, BOOK REVIEW: COUNT DOWN. Shanna H. Swan, PhD, with Stacey Colino, Simon and Schuster, 2020, ISBN: 978-1-9821-1366-7 John Ferguson, Have you Tried… CHICAGO LUSTER ARROWWOOD VIBURNUM ARROWWOOD VIBURNUM Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 385 | 4/30/2021
LAZARUS PLANTS ARISING! DAYLILIES EARN THEIR KEEP Brenda Beust Smith, DAYLILIES TOOK RECENT SNOW & ICE “RIGHT IN STRIDE” Bill Jarvis, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #151 John Ferguson, Have you Tried… LITTLE BLUESTEM ARROWWOOD VIBURNUM Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 386 | 5/7/2021
SPRING IS BURSTING OUT ALL OVER & LAZY GARDENERS RULE! Brenda Beust SmithI HAD NO IDEA THE INCREDIBLE MENACE THIS WEED REALLY IS’ Patrick Hudnal, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #152 John Ferguson, Have you Tried… MAXIMILLIAN SUNFLOWER Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 387 | 5/14/2021
PUTTING IN (OR REDOING) GARDENS? GUILTY SECRETS . . . Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #153 John Ferguson, Have you Tried…PRAIRIE DROPSEED Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 388 | 5/21/2021
IMPALE A SNAIL? WELL . . . YARD FULL OF ‘LAKE BOTTOMS’ Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #154 John Ferguson, Have you Tried…MALAYSIAN SKULLCAP Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 389 | 5/28/2021
“TYLER ROSES” — TEXAS ONCE THE ‘ROSE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD’ Brenda Beust Smith, MARK CHAMBLEE: A TEXAS TREASURE Gaye Hammond, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #155 John Ferguson, Have you Tried…ORANGE MEXICAN SUNFLOWER Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 390 | 6/4/2021
FIRST . . . THINK SHAPES ONLY THEN . . . THINK PLANTS Brenda Beust Smith, BOOK REVIEW: Animal, Vegetable, Junk – A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal John Ferguson, Have you Tried…MOY GRANDE HIBISCUS Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 391 | 6/11/2021
NATIVE PLANTS — WIN-WIN IF YOU USE THEM SMARTLY Brenda Beust Smith, TEN TIPS FOR CREATING A HOME WILDSCAPE Lauren Simpson, BOOK REVIEW: The Nature of Oaks – The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees by Douglas Tallamy, 2021, Timber Press, ISBN: 978-164326-044-0 John Ferguson, Have you Tried… TULIP TREE Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 392 | 6/18/2021
LANDSCAPE-FRIENDLY NATIVES NOW WELCOME ON THE BLOCK Brenda Beust Smith, LANDSCAPING WITH OUR ECOLOGY IN MIND Martha Richardson, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #156 John Ferguson, Have you Tried… WATER CANNA Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 393 | 6/24/2021
CELEBRATING PRODIGAL PLANTS AND COPING WITH DEER Brenda Beust Smith, WEEDS and HERBICIDES: ROUND-UP UPDATE 10 John Ferguson, Have you Tried…CHENILLE PLANT Brenda Beust Smith
Volume 394 | 7/2/2021
ROSE-WATCHING FOR STRESS EYES ON PLUMERIAS & KIDS Brenda Beust Smith, BOOK REVIEW: Metabolical – The Lure and Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine John Ferguson
Volume 395 | 7/9/2021
A GIFT FROM THE HEIGHTS & A NEW SUPERSTAR NATIVE Brenda Beust Smith, BOOK REVIEW: Metabolical – TOXIC LEGACY – HOW THE WEEDLILLER GLYPHOSATE IS DESTROYING OUR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT John Ferguson
Volume 396 | 7/16/2021
PERSPECTIVES ON INVASIVES CROSSVINE TO THE RESCUE Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #157 John Ferguson
Volume 397 | 7/22/2021
MURDER’ ON THE DECLINE? SUGAR LAND DELIGHT! Brenda Beust Smith , NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #158 John Ferguson
Volume 398 | 7/30/2021
DON’T TEASE PLANTS WITH SHALLOW WATERINGS! Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #159 John Ferguson
Volume 399 | 8/6/2021
TREES IN THE NEWS — ZOMBIES ABOVE, CHALLENGES BELOW Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #160 John Ferguson
Volume 400 | 8/13/2021
PUT ON FALL GARDENING HAT — EVENTS ABOUND Brenda Beust Smith, GARDEN CLUB TOURS WIN-WIN FOR EVERYONE, ALWAYS SURPRISES League City Garden Club, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #161 John Ferguson
Volume 401 | 8/20/2021
SILVER LINING IN LAST WINTER’S FREEZE & BE NICE TO MORE THAN YOUR PLANTS! Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #162 John Ferguson
Volume 402 | 8/27/2021
OUR DIVERSITY CREATES GARDENING CHALLENGES Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #163 John Ferguson
Volume 403 | 9/3/2021
ATTRACTING HUMMERS, WELCOME INVADERS Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #164 John Ferguson
Volume 404 | 9/10/2021
TIME FOR CLIPPIN’ & PLANTIN’ & SNEAK PEEKS AT WHAT’S AHEAD Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #165 John Ferguson
Volume 405 | 9/17/2021
FELDER “SLOW GARDENING” RUSHING COMES TO TOWN! Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #166 John Ferguson
Volume 406 | 9/24/2021
WHY ISN’T MY FLOWER BLOOMING? Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #167 John Ferguson
Volume 407 | 10/1/2021
LAWN HERBS & DE-LAWN CHANGES & INCENTIVES Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #168 John Ferguson
Volume 408 | 10/8/2021
EVEN WORLD’S FAVORITE PLANT CAN USE TLC! Brenda Beust Smith , Fall Care for Daylilies (Includes planting new ones!) Mary Gage, Jeannie Malick, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #169
Volume 409 | 10/15/2021
KOKEDAMA — SOMETHING NEW TO ME AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! Brenda Beust Smith, KOKEDAMA —PERFECT FOR SMALL SPACES! Kat Tondre, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #170 John Ferguson
Volume 410 | 10/22/2021
WHITE “POPS” FOR NIGHT VIEWING FALL POLLINATORS ON RISE Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #171 John Ferguson
Volume 411 | 10/29/2021
HALLOWEEN — MERCER STYLE … GINGERS MAY NEED PROTECTION Brenda Beust Smith, CURCUMAS (GINGERS) STARTING DORMANCY Ceil Dow, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #172 John Ferguson
Volume 412 | 11/5/2021
PEGGY’S ROSE, A ‘NATIONAL PARK’ YARD PLANTING FOR BIRDS Brenda Beust Smith, INVALUABLE UNDERSTORY PLANTS THAT PROVIDE FOOD SUPPORT FOR MIGRATORY AND RESIDENT BIRDS Robbin Mallet, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #173 John Ferguson
Volume 413 | 11/12/2021
DIVINE GARDEN INTERVENTION? TAKE OFF THOSE SHOES! Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #174 John Ferguson
Volume 414 | 11/18/2021
GOOD TIME TO TAKE STOCK OF GARDEN’S HEALTH! Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #175 John Ferguson
Volume 415 | 12/3/2021
TAKING STOCK OF GARDENS — PART TWO & MORE! Brenda Beust Smith , NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #176 John Ferguson
Volume 416 | 12/9/2021
SILVER LININGS IN LAST WINTER’S FREEZE Brenda Beust Smith, BOOK REVIEWS John Ferguson
Volume 417 | 12/17/2021
“EVERYTHING’S ON STEROIDS IN MY YARD!” Brenda Beust Smith, NEWS FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOILS AND PLANTS #177 John Ferguson
