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10 Tips to Go Green in Your Yard
Help eco-friendly changes take root in your yard. Here are 10 ideas to get you started. |
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Backyard Wetland
Wetlands filter excess pesticides and nutrients. Many plants and animals find a home in wetlands. |
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Energy=Efficient Windbreaks
Smart landscaping that saves energy and dollars. |
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EnergyWise House: Using Plants for Sun Control
Landscaping is a critical element in building an energy efficient home. A few simple strategies can add up to big savings on ... |
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Fall Colors
Although bright red maples and glowing orange sugar maples are what's referred to as "peak" color, the more subtle hues wax ... |
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Five Easy Roses
While it's true that some rose varieties require extra effort to grow their best, there are others that are as carefree as ... |
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Garden Design for Small Spaces
Are you tired of the same old scene? Want to try some of the fancy new ideas in glitzy magazines? |
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Growing a Bamboo Garden
Bamboo provides a quick-growing evergreen screen and adds glorious character with delicate leaves and substantial culms or ... |
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How to Force Buds to Open
Make spring come early by forcing branches on flowering trees. |
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Invite Birds to Your Garden
Ideally, bird plantings should be a blend of trees, shrubs, vines and flowers that provide food over a long period. |
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Landscaping for Increased Property Value
Landscaping is much more than pretty plants—a good landscape design can add 20 percent to the value of your property and save ... |
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Mulching
Mulching enriches and protects soil, helping provide a better growing environment. |
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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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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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Pruning Grafted Trees and Shrubs
Many of our most best flowering and fruiting trees and shrubs are grafted. |
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Pruning Shrubs in Early Spring
Certain deciduous shrubs can be pruned in very early spring. |
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Pruning Trees in Early Spring
Though there yet may be snow in some places, in early spring shrubs and trees can sense the approaching weather change. Buds ... |
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Raking Leaves
What to do when the leaves fall. |
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Salt-Resistant Plants
Salt tolerance is different in each species, and even often among plants of the same species. |
