Tiers Of Joy Balancing Plant Heights In Garden Design
When it comes to designing a garden, what is it that separates the cream of the crop from the less remarkable gardens? We are familiar with applying the key attributes…
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All About Apples: A Poster Child for The Harvest Season
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Martin Luther King Since the beginning of recorded time,…
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Creating the Daylilies of Tomorrow: a Daylily Hybridizer’s Story
Hybridizing – the creation of new plants – is something every serious gardener thinks of at least once. For many plants, the creation of a new hybrid is a lengthy…
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Are Your Trees Ready for Winter? All-season Maintenance for Northern Homeowners
It would surprise most people that the best preparation you can give your trees for their long months of winter exposure is to plan their care right from spring through…
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Lawn Burn Caused by Dog Urine: How to Deal With It
As a dog guardian you are aware of the common ‘problem’ that results when your dog’s urine burns the lawn. It’s frustrating to deal with and difficult to prevent, but…
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Mums, Lilies, and Monardas, Oh Boy! Exciting New Developments in Perennials
There is always excitement and anticipation associated with the introduction of a new hardy plant to the market, and any new addition to the short list of hardy plants is…
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Sowing the Seeds of Success: A Primer for Starting Seeds Indoors
Seeds are one of the most fascinating things on earth. These tiny, hard objects – looking very much like rocks – contain everything necessary to grow and bloom and give…
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A Bird in the Hand…
Here’s a little story about birds that might just surprise the backyard gardener. I want to inform you that wild birds can land on your hands and eat out of…
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Fragrant Shrubs for Northern Yards: Inviting Scent and Fragrance Into Your Landscape
You are walking through a local park when you suddenly stop dead in your tracks, transfixed by a spicy fragrance that has commanded your attention. You are driving through a…
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Planting Underneath Mature Trees: A Story of Drought, Shade and Roots Galore
If you’ve ever been through the experience of dealing with creating a sustainable landscape in the immediate vicinity of a fully grown tree, you’ll relate to this article immediately. But…
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Growing Azaleas and Rhododendrons in the North
Of all the colorful flowering shrubs that northern gardeners and homeowners bemoan not having available for their yards and gardens, none is more often lamented than that most colorful of…
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Indoor Germination Tips, Seed Starting for Short Seasons
Whenever we talk to gardeners about starting plants from seed, we are usually met with one of two reactions. The gardener either has a glazed look on his face that…
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Rare Plants for Northern Yards and Gardens, Showstoppers Sure to Keep Them Guessing!
When was the last time you saw a striking yellowhorn shrub blooming in your neighbor’s yard? Chances are, unless you walk the paths of the few elite arboreta around North…
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Secrets to Creating a Personal Garden Sanctuary
The average garden is usually designed for a measure of the show, but more insightful gardeners will always carve out a portion of the garden for themselves, a place for…
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10 Essential Fall Yard Care Tips – Preparing Northern Yards and Gardens for Winter
Most homeowners and gardeners living in cold climates know from experience the degree of damage northern winters can inflict on their lawns, trees, and gardens. What many are not aware…
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How to Make Hummingbird Nectar and Feed Them
How to make hummingbird nectar, including what ingredients are used, the procedures for making it, keeping it, and changing the feeders. Hummingbird nectar supplements the food that hummingbirds get in…
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What is Bokashi? How to Compost More of Your Kitchen Waste
Bokashi. What is it? Do you have kitchen waste filling up your rubbish bin? This may be the answer to your problem, use of Bokashi bins explained. ‘Compost’ waste that…
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Building Your Own Greenhouse Isn’t That Difficult
There are endless ways to build cheap, easy, workable greenhouses. What you choose should depend on what your needs actually are. What type of gardening you do, and the plants…
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