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Perfect Edges for Your Beds and Borders
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Spectacular Spring Bloomers
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Make Your Own Hypertufa Container
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Soil Testing is Worth the Effort
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A Gardener's Checklist for Early Spring
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Celebrate Spring with Cool-Season Containers
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Sweetly Scented Tulips
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Variegated Plants Create Drama
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Cool-Season Annuals
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Building a Compost Bin
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How to Start a Vegetable Garden
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10 Perennials Easily Grown from Seed
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Enchanting Japanese Maples
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All About Starting Seeds
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The Only Shrubs You Need to Grow
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Design an Engaging Entryway
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Find the Perfect Tomato
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How to Grow Raspberries
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Video: Make a Straw-Bale Garden
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Viburnums are Versatile Shrubs
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15 Deer-Resistant Plants
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Garden Catalog Collector
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Backyard Makeover Game
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Lilacs: Time for a Fresh Look
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Friendly Ways to Battle Garden Pests
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Airplanes In The Garden -- Kids, Butterflies, and Summer Fun
2 commentsSummer's almost here, so what better way to get kids outside than growing your own butterfly garden? Joan Calder's book will entertain kids and guarantees some good, clean, dirty fun.
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I'm Branching Out Into Archaeology: Blame the Wisteria
9 commentsI’ve yet to see a documentary on the ancient migratory trail of the Wisterians, who evidently passed through Santa Barbara, leaving barely a trace. Without a reliable body of research I can only conjecture that they appeared about 14,000 years ago.
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Irrigation Gizmos & Gadgets -- Part II
4 commentsThe Brainiacs of Irrigation Timers How close are we to living in a Jetson's futureworld? When it comes to irrigation technology, pretty darn close. "Smart controllers" represent the next wave of...
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Too Bad My Dog's Color Blind - Sizzling Hot Colors of Summer
4 commentsI was walking my dog the other afternoon and as is frequently the case, I had my trusty camera with me. Biff the Wonder Spaniel is a patient soul, waiting as I compose my shots. We were just taking a short neighborhood walk as the sun was shooing away the last of the gloom when I noticed that we were surrounded by all the hot colors of summer.
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Welcome to Cool Green Gardens - A view from the Left Coast
40 commentsPlease allow me to introduce myself. Billy Goodnick here. I'm a landscape architect, educator and writer living in Santa Barbara, California. I'm about one hundred miles north of L.A., right on the...
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Enter the world of sustainable gardening with Billy Goodnick's "Cool Green Gardens" blog. Billy lives in Santa Barbara, CA, and delivers a West Coast perspective on landscape design that will translate into your own backyard. Check out CGG for great ideas on reducing your impact on the environment and creating a landscape that is an extension of your home.Billy Goodnick, a landscape architect, educator and writer, shares the wisdom he has gathered from thirty-five years of retail nursery sales, landscaping, designing and teaching. He'll challenge your assumptions while putting a smile on your face with his off-the-wall humor.
Whether you're seeking to fine-tune your existing garden or are starting with a clean slate, Cool Green Gardens is your go-to resource for sustainable ideas, innovation and inspiration.
