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By Erica Browne Grivas If your Green Lake garden needs a little excitement, or if you’re simply running out of standard issue growing space, make like a skyscraper: go up.  Often forgotten, the vertical plane adds depth and visual interest to any scene. The support structure you choose – whether teepee, arbor, gate, pole, column, wall or trellis – can help divide and define garden “rooms,” screen unwanted views, add privacy, and especially add beauty to your yard. These structures can be temporary, like sunflower houses or pea tunnels made of twigs or wire, or as permanent and elaborate as a Moon…

By Erica Browne Grivas Bumblebees, bicyclists, and traffic sign-makers know yellow’s superpower: the lightest in hue on the spectrum, yellow is the most visible to the eye. This comes in especially handy for Green Lake gardeners – unlike soft blues and pinks, yellow can hold its own on a misty day. As a bonus, most yellows, from green-tinged chartreuse and lemon to butter and buff apricot, play nicely with other colors in your garden. (Harsher golds look best accented with high voltage partners in purple, blue, oranges and reds.) Yellow is a popular color for early spring leaves and flowers, perhaps because…