Tips for Fall Planting and Transplanting
Fall is the perfect time to plant or transplant just about anything, especially spring- and summer-flowering perennials.
Gardening Tips For Beginners
Gardening basics for beginning gardeners. If you’re intimidated by the process of how to start a garden, here is your path to success. Learn composting basics, how to build soil with organic matter, essential garden tasks, and tips on growing vegetables, fruit, annuals and perennials.
Can a Vegetable Garden Save You Money on Groceries?
A vegetable garden can produce gallons of produce each season that would cost hundreds of dollars if bought at a grocery store.
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Best Choices for Cascading Flowers in Window Boxes
Cascading flowers are often called spillers or trailing plants because of their beautiful spilling effect in window boxes. They lend a subtle scent and ethereal ambience to your home.
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What’s the Difference Between Annual and Perennial Plants?
Annual or perennial refers to how long your plant’s lifecycle is. Yet, some plants can be grown as perennials in warm areas and only as annuals in cold areas.
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Why You Should Never Add Stones to the Bottom of Your Flower Pots
If you’ve been adding stones, gravel or other materials to the bottom of your flower pots to improve drainage, you may actually be harming and not helping your plants.
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Is It a Small Tree or a Big Shrub? The Difference May Not Be Obvious.
I decided to look up the definition of a tree or shrub in a botany book. The problem was, there is no clear definition.
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Container Tips for Urban Gardens
Containers can be used in urban gardens to bring nature closer and grow many types of fruits, flowers, herbs, and veggies.
Rhubarb: How to Grow and Harvest
Rhubarb’s deep-red ruby stalks, tart and sweet, topped with massive leaves, bring height and structure to any vegetable or perennial garden.
How to Grow Zinnias: Planting, Care, and Growing Tips
Zinnias are one of the easiest flowering annuals to grow, bringing bright, joyful color to any garden. With their copious variety of hues, sizes, and shapes, zinnias make a great choice for your garden.
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The Difference Between Evergreen and Deciduous Trees and Shrubs
Beginning gardeners often ask, what is the difference between evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs? As with nearly everything in gardening, the definition isn’t always clear cut.
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