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Actions   Send critterologist a D-Mail View the threads critterologist has started. Leave feedback for critterologist or read feedback left by other members. View the member feedback critterologist has written of others.   critterologist's contributions   PlantFiles: 4 Plants 93 Comments 33 images 12 zipcode reports 611 Details Go Gardening: 1 comment and rating The Garden Watchdog: 9 comments and ratings The Garden Bookworm: 2 comments and ratings Gardenology: 2 definitions Published Articles: Be a Tulip Maniac! It's Time to Shop for Spring Color Seed Snatchin': The Art and Sport of Collecting Seeds Some Like It Hot! Making Hot Sauce from Homegrown Chile Peppers Go Bananas! Growing Tropical Banana Trees in Maryland Turn Your Big Tomato Harvest into Fabulous Roasted Tomato Sauce Pressure Canning Phobia – Don’t be afraid! Pocket Beds for Fussy Plants Pick Your Own Blueberries, Bake Your Own Muffins! Gardening with Bearded Iris: Planting Iris 101 Get the most from your herbs I: Pinch, pinch, pinch! How to Make Great Beef Jerky at Home African Violets with GIRL foliage, what sweethearts! Peat Moss Alternatives: Coconut Coir and Rice Hulls. ‘Kentucky Colonel’ Spearmint: It’s Not Just About the Juleps Preparing for Seven Million Blooms: A Gardener’s Perspective on the Keukenhof Planting Seven Million Bulbs: A Gardener’s Perspective on Holland’s Keukenhof Wildlife Friendly Gardening: Certifying Your Yard as a NWF Wildlife Habitat Holland's Keukenhof Gardens: Sixty Years of Spectacular Spring Flowers Choosing a Dehydrator: Make your own dried fruit, tomatoes, beef jerky, and more Frogs in Flower Arranging – What’s the Point? Labeling Methods for Seedlings and Garden Plants: What works, what doesn’t Seed Starting 101: Growing Peppers from Seed Supreme Winter Salads Limbaugh’s Legacy: My Favorite Heirloom Tomato, ‘Potato Top’ Searching for Chocolate Daisy Trailing African Violets: Grooming, Pruning and Propagating Winter Sowing Columbines as Iris Companions Trailing African Violets: Flowing Foliage and Bountiful Blooms Petunias go from Humble and Reliable to Frilly and Fanciful Root Vegetables Combine for a Warming Winter Stew Eating Lunch and Swapping Seeds: How to Host an Easy and Successful DG Gathering Decorating Houseplants: Don’t limit yourself to holiday displays, decorate your plants every day! Pass-Along Houseplants: Grow a Jungle of Hanging Baskets from Cuttings African Violets 101: Make More Plants by Propagating African Violets from Leaf Cuttings Will the Real Cinnamon Please Stand Up? Warm your Winter Holidays with the Spicy Scent of Cinnamon Thankful for (Domesticated) Turkeys The Turkeys Are Coming! Should we welcome wild turkeys to our gardens? Coffee and conversation: the evolution of an e-community From garden to gift basket: Using essential oils for beautiful handmade soaps Lessons from a lavender farm: Growing, harvesting and using lavender blooms Not-so-scary necktie snakes are a fun and educational kid craft Planning a home orchard: Cross-pollination and spacing trees for best fruit production Shake down your plants for free seed: an introduction to collecting seeds Meet Dave’s Gardeners in Your Area: Throw a Plant Party! Turn green tomatoes into “raspberry” jam that’s fun for kids to make and eat Coffee tasting on the Big Island of Hawaii Daffodils and companions: Dig less, plant more! for a fabulous spring flower display Farmers' markets celebrate the summer harvest Some Like It Hotter! Making Caribbean Style Hot Sauce from Heaps of Habaneros Cucumbers: Sweet, Crunchy Slices of Summer Stop Pinching your Basil! Start Saving Seeds for Next Year’s Basil Plants Take the Plunge, It’s Iris Sale Time! Green bean soup: a summer delight that cooks in a snap Put Your Dehydrator to Use: Make Fruit Leathers at Home for Healthy, Delicious Snacks Life is Just a Bowl of Cherry...Tomatoes! Lavender Wands: Make Magical Scented Decorations for your Home Me and My Mantis: Adding a Mini-Tiller to Your Garden Shed Beyond Peppermint: An Introduction to the Flavors, Aromas, and Textures of “Fancy” Hybrid Mints My Favorite Climbing Rose, ‘Zephirine Drouhin’ Ox-Eye Daisies: Picking Flowers for My Mom Edible Landscaping – Growing Alpine Strawberries from Seed for Your Garden Beds and Containers The Tomato Hornworm: Friend or Foe? Making Cherry Pie from Your Own Cherry Tree How to Plant a Tree: Getting It Out of the Nursery Pot and Into Your Yard Growing Daylilies from Seed: Beautiful Blooms on a Budget Trading Plants: How to Pack Plants for Shipping by Mail Creeping Thymes Make Wonderful Borders for Garden Beds, Paths, and Patios What to do with 10,000 Spring Sprouts in Your Winter Sowing Containers Protecting Pollinators: Encouraging Bees and Other Beneficial Insects in Your Garden Polymer Moisture Crystals: Magic for Your Garden and Your Containers Wildflower Walks: Enjoying the Fleeting Beauty of Native Spring Flowers Fill Your Yard with Special Memories: Plant Commemorative Trees on Arbor Day Running Out of Room for Houseplants? Try Miniature African Violets Seed Starting 101: Planting Out – Tips for Transplanting Seedlings into Your Garden Seed Starting 101: Hardening off Seedlings Before Planting Out in Your Garden Use the Winter Sowing Method to Grow a Rainbow of Annual Flowers Watering African Violets 101: Different Strokes for Different Folks Edible Landscaping: Basil Varieties for Containers, Beds, and Borders Add a Little Leprechaun Magic to Your Houseplants: Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a GREEN blooming African Violet Seed Starting 101: Sowing Seeds and Clump Transplanting for Sturdy Seedlings Gardening with Bearded Iris: Spring Cleanup, Fertilizing Irises, and Iris Borer Control What’s in a Name? The Importance of Knowing and Using Latin Names for Plants Can’t Grow Bell Peppers? Here’s a Ringing Endorsement for Some Alternative Sweet Pepper Varieties What is a SASBE? Learn All About Getting Seeds for Postage Beat the Winter Blahs with a Visit to Your Local Nursery Growing African Violets for Foliage: Variegated African Violet Plants The Dreaded Damping Off (and How to Prevent It) Six More Weeks of Winter!? Celebrate by Winter Sowing Your Seeds! Seed Starting 101: Seedling Heat Mats and Inexpensive Alternatives Seed Starting 101: Setting up Light Shelves for Starting Plants from Seed Indoors, Without a Greenhouse Amaryllis 101: Caring for Amaryllis Plants and Making Your Amaryllis Bloom Again Next Year Recycle Your Christmas Tree! Make a Peanut Butter Feeder from a Section of its Trunk to Attract Birds to Your Garden The Ultimate in Garden Art: The Chihuly Exhibit at Phipps Conservatory Amaryllis 101: Planting Amaryllis Bulbs for Winter Blooms Holly Trees – From Christmas Holly Decorations to Traditional Landscape Specimens African Violets 101: Caring for Your New Plant Get the most from your herbs III: Save some for later! Get the most from your herbs II: Eat what you pinch!   critterologist wants you to know:   The current local time for me is 06:29 PM I'm in zone 6b I live in Frederick, MD (Zone 6b) My birthday is February 19   A note from critterologist:   "We've lived in Frederick since 2001. Our cottage-style garden will probably have that "work in progress" look for many years to come, LOL. I've been having a lot of fun writing articles for DG -- look for them on Thursdays. ("contact buddy" info: post on the Mid-Altantic forum; lots of folks know me there)"   Photo from critterologist   "Huge Shasta Daisy photographed on vacation in Washington State"

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