ON GARDENING: Sedges give texture, beauty to landscape (Bradenton Herald)

Words like bronze, copper, orange and toffee describe a great group of plants that will really strut their stuff in the next few weeks. They look pretty doggone good the entire gardening season, but the grass-like plants we call sedges also hold great promise for cool-season landscapes.

Gardening may help lower grocery costs (High Plains Journal)

Since we all have to eat, lowering grocery costs isn't always easy to do--unless you try gardening, that is. "Growing our own food may be one of our best defenses against high grocery costs," commented Samantha Snyder, Horticulture educator for the Oklahoma County OSU Cooperative Extension Service.

Gardening enthusiasts sought master gardener class (South Side Journal)

Do you enjoy gardening? Do you have experience with gardening and a desire to learn more?

Opinion: Return to gardening is a success (The Morning Sun)

Bitten by the flower-planting bug last spring, Wife Sharon also brought home a half dozen tomato plants from the greenhouse. Why she did that I do not know. But I am mightily thankful that she did.

Time to start thinking about autumn gardening (The Record-Courier)

Unbelievably, it is time to start thinking about autumn, at least in terms of caring for our plants. The average first frost date is Sept. 15, but in colder areas or microclimates, freezing temperatures are likely to occur sooner.