Articles from the Durango Herald Column:
Green Thumbs and Dirty Fingernails By Sherry Fuller

Many houseplant varieties actually thrive in low light

Mulching a matter of good timing by Lee Reich

How to deal with cold greenhouses

Plant the carefree deer-resistant allium now for spring

Small trees can help cool your home, provide visual interest

Exotic varieties of plants should not be ruled out when
planting in area gardens

Herb garden can add taste, class to meals

Changing grass to shrubs gives new look, conserves water

Landscaping remedy for spring fever

Choosing the right drought-tolerant lawn can save water

Don't overlook the unusual, easy begonia

Make your garden grow: Resolutions for the new year

Prepare your yard for winter

Late summer projects and prepare garden for spring

A walk in the mountains can inspire a wildflower garden

Hummingbirds are bonus of flower gardening

Lack of spring rain doesn't have to spell disaster for landscaping

Container gardens for summer should be planted now

Use cover crops to protect and improve gardens, flower beds

Evergreens can be used to brighten landscapes

Classical Chinese bonsai designs can be interpreted for the home

Region enjoys horticultural revolution

Common houseplant ailments can be cured with light, water

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Gobbling goats can eradicate noxious weeds

By Janelle Holden
Cortez Journal Staff Writer

Socrates died from eating poisonous hemlock, but Lani Lamming's goats love it. On a daily basis, her 2,000 cashmere goats annihilate even the most toxic, noxious and prickly of weeds.

A Lunch at Sam's House

Article & Photos by: Nancy B. Elliott

Sam Rose once managed a restaurant in Hollywood.

There on Sunset Boulevard he served 160 kinds of fresh pasta to the stars out on the patio, catered lunches at television and recording studios and sold pasta wholesale to the Beverly Hills Hilton and Saks Fifth Avenue.

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