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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 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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Planning a Greener Garden
Here's another great tip from BobVila.com.
The old adage, what goes around comes around is especially true in your ... |
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Planning Your Garden
With proper planning, a garden should get better every year; the key is to organize your design ideas in advance. Make a ... |
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Plant Flower Bulbs in Fall for Spring Blooms
Follow these tips to give flower bulbs a healthy start, and you will enjoy colorful clusters of blooms in the spring. |
 
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Plant Shopping with Martha Stewart
The homeowner gets some professional help shopping for plants at Haskell's Nursery from Martha Stewart, who comes back to the ... |
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Planting a Bare-Root Rose
Get your roses off to the best possible start by choosing their growing site carefully and then planting them using the ... |
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Pond Safety
If your planning a backyard pond, locate it where it is unlikely to attract unattended children. Check local safety ordinances ... |
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Protecting Your House from Wind
If the area immediately surrounding your house contains trees, outbuildings, trash cans, yard debris, or other materials that ... |
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Recreating a Colonial Garden
Bob and landscape designer Ruth Foster tour Mahoney's Garden Center, a local nursery, to discuss the elements of the project ... |
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Reduce Heating Bills with Energy Efficient Landscaping
You can save as much as 25 percent in heating costs and protect your home from harsh winter winds with landscaping designed to ... |
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Revisions to the Landscaping Plan
Bob talks with Rick Lamb, landscape architect, about revisions to the landscape plan. Rick discusses the importance of ... |
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Sequence of Bloom
Planting for different seasons of bloom and color. |
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Shaded AC
Plant trees or shrubs to shade air-conditioning units but not to block the airflow. A unit operating in the shade uses as much ... |
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Simplify the Garden Outdoors
With a little planning you can simplify your gardens and your life. |
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Slope Finder
You can use a level on top an 8 ft.-long 2x4 to determine the slope for yard and garden projects. If you need a slope of 1/4 ... |
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Slope Landscaping
If the area you are building in has a steep slope, build terraces or steps made of logs or old railroad ties across the slope ... |
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Starting a Garden with the Help of Children
Our love of gardening oftern begins in childhood. Share your passion for gardening with your child or grandchild and plant the ... |
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Sustainable Landscaping in Florida
Angela Polo from the University of Florida's Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program is on hand to show how the Punta Gorda ... |
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Sustainable Plantings, Natural Fertilizers and Pesticides
Angela Polo and Ken Micklow are on hand to show Bob the sustainable plantings selected for the Punta Gorda home. Polo shows ... |
