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How-To3 Ways Fallen Leaves Can Improve Your Garden
Green leaves are the energy engines that fuel our gardens. Without them there would be no flowers, no sugars for summer tomatoes, and no cooling or oxygenating the air while…
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How-ToEverything You Need to Know About Persicaria
Exposure: Some shade is essential in warmer zones, but even in the North, Virginia persicaria (P. virginiana) appreciates afternoon shade and wind protection. Soil: While most species are tolerant of…
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How-ToHow to Divide Large Overgrown Ornamental Grasses
Happy ornamental grasses need to be divided every three to four years. Smaller species (those less than 2 feet wide or so) are easy to cut in half with a…
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How-ToTips for Keeping Plants Alive Through a Heat Wave
The plants recommended in this article are very heat tolerant, but even the best-adapted plants need a little extra care when extreme heat strikes. Since heat can stress plants, and…
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DesignHow to Coax Bountiful Blooms From Your Hydrangeas
While pruning a neighbor’s much neglected Hydrangea paniculata recently, I found myself musing on the history of this genus in American gardening, whose popularity has waxed and waned through the…
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ArticleFast-Growing Warm-Season Vegetables
While we might be waiting for tomatoes or peppers to ripen later in the summer, some tasty treasures will be prolific and supply the kitchen in short order. As cooler…
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ArticleHow to Manage Flea Beetles: The Cutest Pests You’ve Never Heard Of
Late spring sees me watching and waiting, breath not quite bated—and certainly not baited—to find out my fate for the season with one garden critter in particular: the flea beetle.…
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How-ToPeony Growing Basics for the Mid-Atlantic
As one of the most unmistakable and recognizable flowers in the world, the peony has been revered for its enduring beauty and fragrance for centuries. It is believed that these…
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Article5 Simple Steps for Creating a More Eco-friendly Garden
For years I’ve heard the same refrain: You can’t have a good-looking garden that is also eco-friendly. It seems that many folks think native plants are too wild looking and…
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ArticleCheap Garden Tools With Multiple Uses
These versatile tubs can haul anything from weeds to water Tested by Mark Dwyer The Gorilla Tubs from Red Gorilla are made of a thick rubberized plastic. They are high…
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