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What Plants Need to Thrive
If you’ve ever driven by a flower meadow in the middle of summer, you must have realized that plants handle themselves very well without human assistance, as they’ve always done. The gardener is only...
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What Plants Need to Thrive
If you’ve ever driven by a flower meadow in the middle of summer, you must have realized that plants handle themselves very well without human assistance, as they’ve always done. The gardener is only...
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Caring for Bulbs during Winter
When you plant bulbs, whether that happens in fall or spring, don’t forget to mix in a good measure of bone meal into the dirt, to help them set in and give them some food for the first year. Other...
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The Kitchen Garden
Starting the kitchen garden is a highly anticipated event every year. The garden is not complete until the veggies are in the ground. I got so used to transplanting seedlings, home grown or store...
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Garden Tasks for July
As rewarding as July is for the hard working green thumb, the list of garden chores for this month is daunting. The flower borders are very active in the middle of summer, and constantly in need of...
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Copper and Gold
September is known for its reliable weather patterns, bringing cooler, but sunny and dry days which give the landscape a copper and gold patina, softening the bright greens of early summer. As fall...
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Growing Up
Growing vegetables on vertical supports allows for smaller footprints, more access to sunlight, less damage to the produce from rainstorms or critters, and easier harvesting. It makes the vegetable...
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March Garden
All things considered we had a mild winter, and the spring flowers show it: the hellebores bloomed in carpets starting in February and the spring bulbs sprouted right on schedule, not too early so...
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The Garden in March
All things considered we had a mild winter, and the spring flowers show it: the hellebores bloomed in carpets starting in February and the spring bulbs sprouted right on schedule, not too early so...
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Planting Guidelines
Planting three to five plants per family member is usually enough to yield enough for a family. Herbs and leafy greens can be grown in pots, and they will produce plenty for a family, especially if...
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