Published In
Ann Arbor News, November 2, 1938
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PIONEER IN 4-H PROJECT: Miss Jean Nimke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Nimke of Plymouth Rd., is the first Washtenaw county 4-H club member named a delegate to club week at Michigan State College for achievement in a flower garden project.

Published In
Ann Arbor News, July 12, 1984
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The prickly pear cacti, which have yellow flowers with red centers, usually bloom the first part of July, she says, and recently the early blooms attracted a hummingbird to the area.

Published In
Ann Arbor News, July 12, 1984
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Most of us think of cacti as Western desert plants, but Barbara Alexa of Scio Township thinks of them as the perfect addition to a Michigan yard.

Published In
Ann Arbor News, June 28, 1984
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Last year John and Marj Roth of Sunnyside Street in Ann Arbor gave up the backyard battle of the clay, one with which many an area gardener is familiar, and one with which the Roths themselves were well acquainted after more than 40 years in Ann Arbor. Instead, they built four one-foot-high raised boxes, filled them with good loam, put stone pathways between the boxed and said goodbye forever to the hardships of clay gardening.