Flower & Garden Magazine articles from October 1994

Flower & Garden Magazine archives from October 1994

Fall gardening.
October 1, 1994... THE COOL CRISPNESS OF FALL weather can inspire any gardener to grab a rake and gather a pile of fallen leaves, but there's a lot more to do in the fall than just leaf cleanup. Fall is a new season to garden, not just the twilight of busy...

Wood handling tools. (includes related article on safety) (Buyers Guide)
October 1, 1994... ALTHOUGH FURNACES COMFORTABLY HEAT most American homes, families still cut down trees and split wood to keep the home fires burning. In many areas of the country, stacking wood for the winter is a tradition. About the time the leaves...

What to know when renting equipment. (gardening equipment) (Column)
October 1, 1994... My wife says all men are born with a reflex that causes them to nod and say "yes, I understand" whenever they are shown how power equipment works. She claims this reflex is independent of the brain's ability to comprehend specific...

Nature's color show. (autumn leaves; Environ-Man) (Column)
October 1, 1994... When the autumn season arrives, nature seems to color the landscape. Leaves on trees that have been green since spring all of a sudden turn to bright red, orange, yellow, rust and brown. How does this happen? Pigment is what creates...

Forced flowerbulb combinations. (forcing bulbs to bloom early in containers)
October 1, 1994... IF YOUR BULB-FORCING EXPERIENCE IS limited to a single-color splash of blooms from a pot of hyacinths or tulips, it's time to try something new. Instead of putting only one type of bulb in a container, try forcing lots of different bulbs in...

Pumpkin days. (harvesting and cooking pumpkins; includes recipes)
October 1, 1994... THE COOL, CRISP, BRILLIANT DAYS OF fall are as fleeting as the first warm, sunny days of spring. Waste no time enjoying the sun as it shines on one of these beautiful autumn days. Set aside your chores and sensibilities, pull that favorite...

The blues and hues of hydrangea macrophylla: how to get great colors from your hydrangea.
October 1, 1994... MAUVES, PINKS, LAVENDERS, PURPLES and blues! If these are your colors, then Hydrangea macrophylla is your shrub. Probably no other shrub in existence can offer such a range of these colors. Not only do colors vary with different varieties,...

Fair heather friend. (growing heather)
October 1, 1994... HEATHER HAS LONG BEEN Associated with the wild moors and highland areas of Great Britain where few other plants could survive. It once was relied upon to provide material for brooms, mattress stuffing and even heather ale, although the recipe...

A visit to Heritage Farm. (preserving heirloom vegetables; includes related articles on seed exchanges and ancient varieties of seed)
October 1, 1994... EVERY SPRING I REMEMBER MY father's exasperation when he cut into the red seed potates he had just ordered. Each year it was the same disappointment. Instead of his dreamed-of red-skinned potatoes with light red flesh, there lay the ordinary...

Majestic mums. (chrysanthemum expert Joan Seeger) (Cover Story)
October 1, 1994... IN OCTOBER, AS OTHER GARDENS make their exhausted decline into winter, Joan Seeger's yard is just approaching its dazzling peak. Seeger fills her garden with hundreds of chrysanthemums, which crescendo into a colorful spectacle in the...