Maintenance - Fine Gardening
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How-To5 Cordless Power Tools for Easier Garden Maintenance This Summer
After the frenzy of springtime slows and the heat of summer sets in, we all desperately want to put our tools down, pick up a glass of something ice-cold, and…
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How-ToAll About Garden Pest Management – Webinar with Dr. Janna Beckerman
Join Fine Gardening for a free engaging live webinar featuring Dr. Janna Beckerman, a renowned plant pathologist as well as professor emerita at Purdue University and the ornamentals technical manager…
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How-ToHow to Manage Common Summer Pests: Whiteflies, Mites, and Scale
As spring shifts into summer, an increase in insect and mite activity often follows. For heat-loving pests like spider mites, broad mites, scales, and whiteflies, regular scouting and early identification…
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How-To7 Garden Tips to Make the Most of Your Time and Money
1. Winning Tip: Never-ending DIY leaf mulch My husband and I are avid gardeners. We live in the middle of the woods, where we face many challenges, such as deer,…
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How-ToHow to Clean Up the Garden Without Harming Beneficial Insects
Traditionally in our region, gardens were cleaned up in fall for practical and aesthetic reasons. By spring, with weeding, watering, sowing, and dividing all begging for attention, time can be…
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How-ToNew Garden Tips for Spring
Winning Tip: Prevent ornamental grasses from becoming a kitty lounge chair My neighbor’s cats like to visit when I’m gardening. While I love their company, I don’t love their fondness…
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Design3 Takes on a Contemporary Backyard
Whether your home is situated on several acres or a postage-stamp lot, thoughtful design ensures that everyone in the house will find respite in the garden. When planning a new…
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DesignIs No Mow May a Good Idea?
No mow may, a movement that started in 2019 in the U.K., has challenged how we think about lawns. For at least one month of the year, we are encouraged…
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How-To3 Ways to Prune Lilacs to Maintain or Rejuvenate
The intoxicating fragrance of a lilac in full bloom stirs up intense memories for most gardeners. One whiff sends me back to Lilac Sunday preparations at the Arnold Arboretum in…
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DesignGrowing Hellebores: Beautiful Varieties and Care
Few genera have gone through the incredible upgrade of flowers, foliage, and performance like hellebores have in the last 20 years. I began growing them in the early 1990s in…
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