outdoors*

NOVEMBER GARDENER

Our favorite tools and tips fo r everyone who loves to dig

Many landscape plants refuse to just

fade away, holding on to beautiful

stems and leaves that you can cut

for the keeping. Make a fall bouquet,

opposite,

or use them to accent

seasonal container plantings. Pretty

possibilities include,

from top,

arborvitae, allium seed heads, blue

spruce, and the fertile fronds of

ostrich fern. Spray seed heads and

evergreens generously with hair spray

to help them look perky for weeks.

PLAN TIN G S

STEMS

TO SAVE

Gatheryour garden’s

everlastings to enjoy

indoors all winter.

134 NOVEMBER

2008

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(OPPOSITE) PETE KRUMHARDT