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  • How To Plant And Care For Canna Lilies

    How To Plant And Care For Canna Lilies

    The canna lily plant is a flamboyant summer flowering plant with a bold look. The plant grows from thick, fleshy bulbs. Canna is a…

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  • Dividing Aloe for Propagation

    Dividing Aloe for Propagation

    Dividing aloe into several smaller ones is a great way to propagate new plants. More aloe vera plants, for example, will allow you to…

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  • Common milkweed flower at its peak

    Common Milkweed Host Monarch Butterflies

    Milkweed, of which there are about 14 different types in Canada, is the only host plant for monarch butterflies. In summer, the female monarch…

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  • Gooseberry Jelly

    Gooseberry Jelly

    I decided to make gooseberry jelly instead of jam as it takes less preparation time. The gooseberry gin that I made last year was…

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  • Overwatering Plants Is To Be Avoided

    Overwatering Plants Is To Be Avoided

    Overwatering plants can drown them, lead to root rot, attract unwanted pests, among other nasty effects. Sometimes heavy rains wash through gardens or cloudy…

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  • Diatomaceous Earth Keeps Insects Away

    Diatomaceous Earth Keeps Insects Away

    Insects are all at once the friend and the foe of the gardener. Beneficial bugs help with pollination and can help to keep the…

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  • The Top 8 Plants That Attract Hummingbirds

    The Top 8 Plants That Attract Hummingbirds

    We’ll be talking about 8 different plants that appeal to hummingbirds, going into the details of their origin, life cycle, and appearance. But first,…

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  • Big leaf with a monarch butterfy

    Make An Eco Friendly Garden

    Eco friendly gardens are gaining popularity. Creating and maintaining a pristine, eco-friendly garden is not rocket science. In fact, maintaining a sustainable and eco-friendly…

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  • Bringing Lantana Indoors, Raspberry Royale, Red Malabar

    Bringing Lantana Indoors, Raspberry Royale, Red Malabar

    To bring my Lantana indoors for the winter, I repotted it after checking for any creatures that might be lurking in the leaves and…

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  • Wasp Removal: Issues and Natural Methods

    Wasp Removal: Issues and Natural Methods

    The need for wasp removal is directly proportional to how often they bother you. Or a wasp nest in a bad spot is “Wasp…

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  • Getting Rid Of Aphids: Yes, but Don’t Be Too Quick About It

    Getting Rid Of Aphids: Yes, but Don’t Be Too Quick About It

    Aphids, small piecing, sucking, leaf eating, and troublesome pests are common on outdoor plants and on houseplants. Aphids are easily brought indoors on infested…

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  • 10-10-10 Fertilizer: Use And Benefits

    10-10-10 Fertilizer: Use And Benefits

    If you’re unsure of your specific garden fertilizer needs, generally you’ll not go wrong applying 10-10-10 fertilizer an “all purpose complete fertilizer”, balanced for…

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  • Building a Home Vegetable Garden

    Building a Home Vegetable Garden

    If you have a garden of your own, getting access to fresh fruits and vegetables is convenient, but what if you live in an…

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  • A young boy watering a raised vegetable garden

    Mindful Gardening Outdoors and Inside

    We all know now that gardens and gardening enhance the wellbeing and happiness of people. That includes enjoying not only the beauty and the…

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  • 5 Essential Garden Tools For Every Gardener

    5 Essential Garden Tools For Every Gardener

    Gardening can be a great hobby for people that love spending their leisure time outdoors to connect with nature. However, having the right gardening…

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  • It was March 2020

    It was March 2020

    It was in March 2020. The streets were empty, the shops closed, people couldn’t get out. But spring did not know and the flowers…

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  • Benefits of Container Gardening

    Benefits of Container Gardening

    Container gardening is the next big thing, and it allows you to create gorgeous garden arrangements with minimal effort, and a lot less money…

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  • 12 Essential Garden Tools for Pros and Beginners

    12 Essential Garden Tools for Pros and Beginners

    The 12 essential gardening tools you cannot do without if you intend to start a successful garden. Having these tools in your shed is…

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  • Beekeeping 101: How to Start an Urban Beehive

    Beekeeping 101: How to Start an Urban Beehive

    Keeping an urban beehive in a town or city may seem like a strange idea, as our first thought may be that bees would…

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  • Tomato Blight: Identification and Treatment

    Tomato Blight: Identification and Treatment

    Tomato blight refers to a family of pathogens, caused by fungus which spreads through tomato foliage, often during wet weather.

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  • Blister Beetle – How To Control Blister Beetles [In The Garden]

    Blister Beetle – How To Control Blister Beetles [In The Garden]

    The blister beetle – there are more than 2500 different species and types of blister beetles (scientific name Meloidae) worldwide, so no matter where…

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  • Scale Insects on Plants – Removing Scale Bugs On Plants Indoors and Out

    Scale Insects on Plants – Removing Scale Bugs On Plants Indoors and Out

    Plant scale insects come equipped with piercing/sucking mouthparts and are widespread around the world. There are over 8000 types of plant scale, and they…

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    The exotic African Milk Tree, Euphorbia trigona

    Euphorbia trigona , or African Milk Tree, is known for rapid and enthusiastic growth. Growing up to six to eight feet tall, it is…

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  • 35 of the Best Houseplants For Your Home!

    35 of the Best Houseplants For Your Home!

    NASA recommends adding houseplants to your home environment to help clean the air and overall improve indoor air quality. Common sense will tell you…

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