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Video: How to Prune Raspberies

Ruth, Web producer | January 31st, 20123 comments

David Handley, small fruit specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service, shows how to prune raspberries for maximum yield and ease of picking.

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Five Common Pruning Mistakes, and How to Fix Them

FineGardening_Editor, editor | January 25th, 20122 comments

Have you ever pruned so ineptly that your tree or shrub looks like a caricature? Well, don't despair. Help is at hand.

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A Gardener's Checklist for Early Spring

Ruth, Web producer | January 24th, 2012

You have chores, and we can help you do them efficiently with expert advice on winter cleanup, spring pruning, sowing seeds, planting late-season bulbs, creating containers, and planning a vegetable garden.

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Fine Gardening on the Road (2012 edition)

SteveA, editor | January 16th, 20122 comments

Want to know where FG staff and contributing editors will be? Here is a list of upcoming events we are attending in 2012.

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Pruning Tips and Techniques

Ruth, Web producer | January 3rd, 2012

Find out what you want to know about pruning tools and methods, as well as instructions for pruning many common shrubs and trees.

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A couple of reads to stave off winter boredom

Antonio_Reis, Assistant editor, Fine Gardening | December 14th, 2011

These new releases are as entertaining as they are informative.

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Container Plantings for Wintry Settings

Ruth, Web producer | December 10th, 20111 comment

Scott Endres, co-owner of Tangletown Gardens, a Minneapolis garden center and landscape design firm, doesn't let the brutal Minnesota winter put an end to his inventive container plantings. When...

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Expert Plant Picks: Midwest and Plains

Ruth, Web producer | December 6th, 2011

If you live in the Midwest, Northern Plains, or Southern Plains, check out the listings below for plants that are most likely to do well in your region. MIDWEST Jim Ault is the director of ornamental...

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Expert Plant Picks: Eastern United States

Ruth, Web producer | December 6th, 20114 comments

Expert gardeners reveal their favorite plants for the Northeastern, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeastern states

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Carve-o-Rama Contest: And the winner is...

Ruth, Web producer | November 14th, 2011

Congratulations to Cherry Ong, whose post An Entry Welcome takes top honors in Fine Gardening's Garden Carve-o-Rama contest. Here in the Northeast, Halloween was upstaged by a rare late October...

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Fall Flowers of Japan at NYBG

Antonio_Reis, Assistant editor, Fine Gardening | November 7th, 20113 comments

Forget the October storm and anachronistic snow banks with the help of these mums.

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Slideshow: Personal Touches Make All the Difference

mgervais, Associate Editor | September 17th, 201116 comments

Tour the California garden of Rebecca Sweet.

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