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Landscaping for Privacy
A soft, friendly way to create privacy for decks and porches and shield yourself from view is to create a living screen with ... |
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Landscaping to Reduce Cooling Bills
Smart landscaping is more than a pretty yard–it’s a smart and efficient way to cool your home in the summer. |
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Maintaining a Vegetable Garden
Healthy, vigorous vegetable plants produce the most flavorful and bountiful harvests. |
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Maintaining Common Flowers
Simple tips to keep some common favorites beautiful and healthy. |
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Making Compost
It's common knowledge that compost improves water drainage, fertility, and structure of garden soil. |
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Mesclun
Grow your own mesclun salad green indoors or out. |
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Mowing Lawns Efficiently
Both a fine art and a science. |
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Mowing Technique
Mowing is the most important determining factor of a lawn's appearance. Not only does it keep grass from becoming too long and ... |
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Mulching
Mulching enriches and protects soil, helping provide a better growing environment. |
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Naturalizing with Spring Bulbs
The effect of a brilliant mass of blossoms is impressive, especially in spring. |
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New Trees, Shrubs and Sod
Tips to keep your new plants happy and healthy. |
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Nutrient Management in Your Soil
Apply only the nutrients plants can use. Here is some basic information about feeding your plants. |
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Oh Christmas Tree!
Once upon a time in our communal memory one tramped through the woods, cut a tree for Christmas, and dragged it home through ... |
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Organic Fertilizers
Most gardeners know that for the best results in their vegetable gardens, flower borders, and lawns, they need to start with ... |
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Patio Gardens
Patio gardens soften the transition between indoors and outdoors by bringing plants into outdoor living areas. |
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Perennial Profile: Daylily Companions
Daylilies are one of the most versatile perennials available to gardeners. Thanks to the work of devoted breeders and the ... |
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Perennial Profile: Hosta Companions
Hostas have become almost synonymous with shade gardens, and with good reason: hostas are hardy, vigorous, and reliable. |
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Perennial Profiles: Daylilies
Gardeners can't get enough of daylilies, and it's easy to understand why. Other flowers may be as beautiful, but no other ... |
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Perennial Profiles: Hostas
There is no better way to brighten up a shady spot than by planting hostas. |
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Pest Management
Early detection and treatment of pests means a healthier growing environment. |
