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Do not take risks by setting out your annual plants too soon.

Frost dates are very important.

Many of us with clay soil complain loudly about it, and it’s true that gardens with clay soil can be hard to dig. Nonetheless, it has its virtues.

Photos of this new generation of Heucheras are irresistible. I plan to order as many as I can afford for spring planting!

The whole garden looks better if plants are deadheaded, so it is a good thing.

For hundreds of years, the goddess Fortune and her wheel have offered us a way to comprehend the unpredictability of life. This hour on Harmonia, we’ll look back to the fourteenth century and explore the appearances of Fortune in music as people try to make sense of famine, plague, political and religious strife. Join us!

In February, it is appropriate to think about roses.

Quite a number of flowering annuals can be started by sowing their seeds directly into the garden.

Before long, some of the earliest flowers to bloom will be stirring in our gardens.

If you’ve spent any time in the early European wing at your local art museum, you might have noticed just how musical religious art can be. This hour on Harmonia, join us for harmonies both heavenly and terrestrial as we imagine the soundscapes of angel concerts in medieval and Renaissance art.