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The Baltimore Sun Rob Kasper column: Its not too soon to start warming up to spring gardening.(Column)
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Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
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March 3, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 The Baltimore Sun. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Rob Kasper
Mar. 3--This week, as the glaciers deposited in the backyard by the St. Valentine's Day storm began to recede, I got itchy to grow something.
The soil was not quite frozen, not quite thawed. The sun was stronger than it had been during the dim days of February, but it was still far from welcoming. Then there was the wind, raw and biting, great for lifting up kites and knocking down cyclists. March was teasing. Yesterday, the weather seemed to invite me to scratch the ground, to believe that the grip of winter has loosened. But Thursday, its chill had forced me indoors to page through garden books, to plan and to pine. One of the books I read ...
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