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Planting

Tips for Spring Planting: Container Plants

By Mike McGroarty
More spring planting tips . . .
Container grown plants are much easier. Follow the rules for depth of planting as described in the previous article. Before gently removing the plant from the container check the drain holes in the bottom of the container for roots that might be growing out the holes. If [...]

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Tips for Spring Planting: Burlapped Plants

Written by Mike McGroarty.
Spring means that the garden centers are packed with people, and car trunks are packed with plants. Everybody has dirt on their knees, dirt under their nails, and are excited about gardening. To make certain that this excitement yields positive results, let’s discuss basic spring planting tips.
Installing new plants and having them [...]

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Stop Deer Damage With Deer-Resistant Plants

Have you ever woken up to find that the neighborhood hungry deer have cut a wide swath through your beautiful gardens? After all your investment of time and money, this can be a devastating happening. How can you deter deer from destroying your gardens and landscaping?
You can find several different methods in books and on [...]

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Start Your Growing With a Hobby Greenhouse

For people who would like to do more gardening but live in a short growing season area, a hobby greenhouse is the answer.  A hobby greenhouse is not large enough to produce vegetables or flowers on a commercial basis.  It will, however, give you a place for a tomato plant or two and some fresh [...]

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10 Ways to Have Healthy Soil

Growing vegetables in your own garden is a great way to save money and eat more healthily. We grow our own veggies so that we will have fewer chemicals in our foods, but what we may not realize is our garden soil could be polluted. Here are ten quick ways to have healthy [...]

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10 Organic Gardening Tips

Organic gardening is the healthiest way to grow flowers, fruits and vegetables. Imagine eating your homegrown fruits and vegetables,  whole foods free of any harmful pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers!
As a bonus, organic gardening is environmentally sound, keeping those toxins out of the soil and water supply.  Here are a few organic gardening tips to [...]

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How to Divide Daylilies

If you’re looking for a drought resistant, long lived, hardy  and easy to care for perennial to solve some of your landscaping problems, then daylilies (Hemerocallis spp) may be just what you’re looking for. With their arching sword like leaves and large trumpet shaped blooms, they can be a border, an accent, or a filler [...]

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Kale

Kale – Beautiful and Nutritious
Kale may be just what your garden needs. Are you looking for a plant that has multiple faces – nutritionally rich, easy to grow, and beautiful enough to use as an ornamental? Kale fits the bill on all counts.
Although we hear more about kale today than a few years ago, and [...]

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