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  • Blueberries on their vine

    How to Prune Blueberries

    To get a great crop of blueberries every year, one also has to prune the shrubs every winter. Not spring or fall, but during…

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  • A wood compost bin

    On Buying Compost Bins

    Invariably organic gardeners face the question, which type of compost bin should I buy? A stationary bin or tumbler? And how large?

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  • A young boy watering a raised vegetable garden

    How to Get Kids Interested in Gardening

    Here’s how you can foster a good mood among the children once you decide to bring them out for an afternoon in the garden.

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  • 3 flower pots with pinkish green leaves

    Create a Spa in Your Bathroom

    Every room in your house looks cozier and more beautiful filled with houseplants.

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  • A hand holding soap bubbles

    Homemade Insecticidal Soap Recipe Choices

    Did you know that home gardeners have been using homemade insecticidal soap for a long time? Fish-oil soap used to be the common solution…

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  • A kitchen window sill with pots and plants

    Make the Most of Windowsills & Small Spaces

    Here’s a guide to making any windowsill or small space come alive with plants, herbs, and even flowers!

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  • Dazzling yellow orchid

    Outdoor Orchids For Shade Gardens

    Hardy orchids are not for the faint-of-heart gardener but those who love plants have found success growing them as natives among a wildflower planting,…

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  • Pink and white Clematis plant with may flowers on a trellis.

    What Are The Best Flowering Trellis Plants?

    Choosing the ideal trellis plants that flower can be a challenging decision. There are plenty of climbing plants and flowering vines for growing on…

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  • 3 white containers with various succulents

    Easy, Breezy Houseplants that Cool Your Home

    While everyone loves being indoors in air conditioning on hot summer days, indoor spaces sometimes could use a good pop of plant life. Plus,…

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  • How To Care For The Beautiful Flowering Dogwood

    The dogwood tree is an attractive tree in every season of the year. In the springtime, dogwood trees burst into full blooms blanketing the…

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  • minimizing transplant shock by stimulating roots before replanting

    Ways To Minimize Transplant Shock

    Transplant shock occurs because plants and trees are designed to stay in one place. Transplanting is more than just moving the plant. Gardeners need…

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  • Tomato Care Growing Questions and Answers

    Question: I am losing about half of my tomato crop because of fruit rot. Sunken round spots develop over the ripening fruit. The spots…

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  • The Importance Of Potassium For Plants

    It’s simple, you need potassium for plants if you want healthy plants. It’s vital that you have the right amount of potassium in your…

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  • Houseplants That Handle Cooler Temperatures

    Winter is a beautiful season, but the cold temperatures can be a little hard on indoor plants. No need to despair, though. There are…

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  • 17 Best Bathroom Plants, How to Choose and Use

    Houseplants improve the air quality in your home by cleaning the toxins from the air. While it’s advisable to have houseplants in every room,…

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  • Chamomile Flowers in a tea cup

    Growing And Care Of Roman or German Chamomile Flowers

    it’s best to grow your own chamomile. It is so easy to grow, and when you produce it yourself you know, it is natural…

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  • Money Tree Care: Growing The Braided Money Plant [TIPS]

    Like lucky bamboo, the indoor workhorse Dracaena deremensis ‘Janet Crag’ and other indoor plants, the money plant tree Pachira does well in indirect light…

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  • An incredible vegetable display tomatoes, potatoes, leeks, peppers, onions, lettuce and so on

    8 "Nos" for The Vegetable Garden

    Irrespective of whether you are a beginner or a guru in growing vegetables, making mistakes is inevitable. You might not repeat the old mistakes,…

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  • mature Cannabis plant

    How to Grow Cannabis Like a Pro: Step-by-Step Guide

    If you want to grow cannabis for the first time, you’ll need to get familiar with some ground rules. There are many different options…

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  • How To Winterize Roses and Rose Bushes

    We get asked every year on: “How to prepare rose bushes for winter? How do I winterize roses?” There are many different types of…

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  • Purple Fountain Grass: How To Care For Pennisetum Setaceam

    Purple fountain grass – Pennisetum setaceum “Rubrum” is an ornamental landscape grass. Its foxtail plumes and striking burgundy foliage show up well when surrounded…

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  • The Most Common Threats To Your Trees

    Trees are an important element to your backyard landscape. Not only do trees provide much-needed shade in our increasingly urban suburbia, but their lush,…

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  • a row of young seedlings growing in a vegetable garden

    On Picking The Right Garden Fertilizer

    Most soil usually does not contain enough nutrients to help plants reach optimum performance and growth levels. Even the very best garden soil becomes…

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  • Tips On Avoiding Ticks And Lyme Disease

    Lyme disease is a bacterial disease that is transmitted to people through infected tick bites, particularly from the black-legged tick. Those affected will exhibit…

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