How to Attract Hummingbirds to Your Garden
Hummingbirds are among the smallest birds on the planet and always a joy to see in the garden. Here are the secrets to attracting them all season long.
Home Garden Tips
Tips for growing your best organic vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, and perennials in your home garden.
Guide For Planting a Fall Vegetable Garden
Many vegetables and herbs planted in early spring can also be sown mid to late summer for a delicious fall harvest.
August Gardening Tips: Harvest Onions, Store Fruit, Sow Fall Veggies
It may be the hottest month of the season, but it’s time to sow fall veggies, freeze or can summer fruits, and harvest onions.
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Lilacs: Tips on Planting and Growing
The unique scent and beautiful flowers of a Lilac bush are a welcome sign of spring. This care-free shrub is a beautiful addition to any home landscape.
Is My Rabbit Fence Useless?
Last year my garden of salad greens was decimated in one night by a gang of rabbits. This year I was determined to not let a rabbit attack happen again.
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Immediately see which USDA Hardiness Zone your town or city is in. This is critical to know so you buy plants that can survive winters in your area.
Switchgrass, Sedum, Solomon’s Seal, Turtlehead: Choice Perennials For Your Garden
Northwind Switchgrass, Hot Lips Turtlehead, Angelina Sedum and Variegated Solomon’s Seal are the top choices from the Perennial Plant Association.
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Growing Tomatoes Part 2: Watering, Harvesting, and Saving Seed
Best practices for growing tomatoes, including pruning, watering and saving tomato seeds.
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How to Grow Tomatoes Part 1: Starting Seeds to Transplanting
Tomatoes are the most popular garden vegetable in the world. These tips will get you on your way to growing the best you’ve ever had.
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Choose Plants With Attractive Bark For Winter Landscapes
Winter landscapes with summer plants can be drab. Guest Author Dr Leonard Perry suggests plants that will add beauty to any winter view
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Rototilling Your Organic Garden: More Harm Than Good?
Rototilling doesn’t benefit a garden. It creates more weeds and damages soil structure and organisms that takes months to reverse.
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