Prune tomato plant to direct more of the plant’s energy into fruit production and less into creating new foliage.
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Gardening Tips For Beginners, Tomatoes, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
Black spot, powdery mildew and blight create terrible problems in a garden. Here’s how you know if your garden is infected
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Tomatoes, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening, Weed, Disease And Pest Management
Seed starting charts, planting charts and planting calculators which every gardener will find useful.
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Flowers & Perennials, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
An organized garden shed not only makes tools easier to find but may save you from a serious injury as well.
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Flowers & Perennials, Landscaping, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
If Silent Spring by Rachel Carson didn’t give birth to the environmental movement, it certainly provided the kick start. Its impact is still felt today.
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Environment, Gardening Books & Gardening Product Reviews
In 1970, it wasn’t illegal for factories to spew poisonous smoke, dump toxic sludge or release fish-killing effluent into water. Earth Day changed that.
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Environment
I hadn’t realized there was such argument about which seeds I should plant in my garden – open pollinated heirlooms or hybrids.
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Flowers & Perennials, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
When water is pooling in your yard after a storm it’s a sign that your soil is compacted and your landscape grading needs a change.
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Landscaping, Organic Lawn Care
You can install this simple and cheap gravel drain to divert storm water and eliminate erosion and standing water.
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Landscaping, Organic Lawn Care
The erosion of my lawn’s soil was epic. Gulleys, pooling water, and rainwater moved so fast across the yard you’d think it was a city street. Some areas felt like sponges days after a storm. In others, I thought a natural pond might form.
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Landscaping, Organic Lawn Care
If water is pooling on your lawn and refuses to drain, either your soil is compacted or there are grading issues. Both can be fixed.
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Landscaping, Organic Lawn CareConscious Gardening by Michael J Roads explores how to go beyond basic techniques and open your eyes to the spirit of your garden.
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Gardening Books & Gardening Product Reviews