How To Transplant Peonies
May is the time when Peonies begin to bloom, and we start wondering “How to plant this beautiful plant in MY garden?” Why...
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May Chores 2013: Time To Get Out The Gardening Tools
It has a been quite a cold spring in many areas of the country, and Ohio, while fluctuating wildly, has had cooler weather for most of...
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Easiest Seeds For A Child’s Garden
Planning on introducing your children to the joys of gardening? Good for you! A little space of their own, teaming with bright flowers, a...
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5 Easy Plants To Root From Cuttings
An easy way to increase plants is to root cuttings. Here are five plants that are so easy to root that all you have to do is stick a...
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Vegetable Gardening Tips
Your Vegetable Garden Soil Did you know that most vegetables grow better on an alkaline soil? If you have an acidic soil (one that has a...
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Ilona’s Garden Guide Post
When should you prune? What were the steps to planting this new tree? How do I plant this flat of annuals ….? If you have questions...
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The ONE Thing for a Great Garden
Ever see Jack Palance in ‘City Slickers’? He dangled “the ONE thing” secret to all of life’s answers during...
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Visit Public Gardens For New Ideas
One of the best ways to get inspired is to see an example of what you hope to accomplish. This is very true of landscaping. When you see a...
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Make a Topiary
The Art of Topiary The practice of clipping plants into fanciful shapes resembling animals or various geometrical forms seems to have been...
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The Art of Digging a Hole for a Tree
…and fill it up again with a newly planted tree Every good garden book and article that gives advice on how to plant a shrub or tree...
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5 Steps To Dazzling Daffodils
Daffodils,Narcissus species, are quite easy to grow, but there are a few things you can do to insure that the bulbs you plant produce a...
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Ten Best Pruning Tips
When and how should you prune? This is an important question when you care about the health of valuable trees, shrubs, and plants. It also...
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Starter Vegetable Garden
A small vegetable patch is one of the first gardens I made when I was a twenty-something. I hadn’t really gardened on my own, but I...
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The Xeriscape Solution
What is a xeriscape? Xeriscaping is the art of taking plants that need little water and using them in your landscape. That is the best...
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Three Garden Questions
Many know of the garden author Christopher Lloyd and his famous ‘Great Dixter‘. Christopher Lloyd passed on from this earthly...
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Steps To Making An Herb Garden
An herb garden is one of the easiest to begin. Herbs grow quickly and often need little care. After awhile they may become a bit ungainly...
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5 Tips to Improve Clay Soil
Every type of soil has its good and bad characteristics, and like every woman knows, it is a matter of playing up the good features that...
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Ten Best Articles on Starting From Seed
Expert advice offered on all aspects of starting seeds for your garden is available for free. I gathered what I consider some of the best...
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Five Point Plan At Your New Place
If you have a new home, or the home is new to you, you probably want to keep up or improve the appearances of the place. I’ve talked...
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Mulch for Moisture
One of the best ways to conserve moisture in your garden is through the practice of mulching. There are many materials and methods and...
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