Garden Articles
Browse our large selection of articles, which include gardening tips, how-tos, recipes, and useful information to get the best out of your plants, in any season!
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Houseplant Identification - resources to help you identify your mystery houseplants -Find out what houseplant is growing in that pot on your windowsill using these handy houseplant identification tools. |
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How to Grow Zucchini Plants - 10 tips for growing zucchini squash -These ten tips will help you grow zucchini. The tips include how to choose a good location, how far apart to plant zucchini and how to tell if zucchini is ripe. |
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Flowering Shrubs for Pots - compact shrubs for color and fragrance -Flowering shrubs for pots are an ideal way to add color and fragrance to a smaller space. Here are nine varieties ideal for sun, shade, and providing perfume. |
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Are Sunflowers Annuals or Perennials? - sorting out sunflowers -What is a sunflower? Can sunflowers be perennial as well as annual? Learn more about some of the many plants commonly called “sunflower”. |
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All About Homegrown Vegetables, Fruits, and Berries - grow your own food -Growing food at home is a great way to cut your grocery budget and enjoy fresh fruits, vegetables, and berries at the peak of their color, flavor, and nutrition. |
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All About Growing Annual Plants - plants that last one growing season -The info you need to know to grow annual plants. We gathered all our tips about choosing which flowers to grow and how to take care of annuals. |
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All About Growing and Using Herbs - best tips for home herb gardening -All the info you need to choose, grow and care for herbs planted in a garden or in pots. We also have helpful ideas for harvesting, cooking and using homegrown herbs. |
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A Soil Calculator for Raised Beds and Containers - determine how much soil you need -Before you make the trip to the garden center to buy potting or raised bed soil, you can easily determine how much you'll need using a simple soil calculator formula. |
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No Till Gardening - a recipe for healthy garden soil -A no till gardening soil recipe includes a blend of compost, mulch and plant matter layered over cardboard or newspaper. No till gardening is a low-maintenance solution to the problem of tilling, which is not always good for the environment. |
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8 Perennials and Shrubs to Plant Near Black Walnut Trees - juglone tolerant plants -Black walnut trees produce a toxin that prevents many plants from growing in their shade. Here are eight tolerant plants that will happily grow under black walnut trees. |