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    How to Start a Vegetable Garden: Selecting a Site

    So you're wondering how to start a vegetable or kitchen garden? Not to worry. Our seven-video series How to Start a Vegetable Garden will help you get your first veggie…

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    How to Care for Arugula

    Welcome to Homegrown/Homemade, a video series from FineGardening.com. We’ll be following a gardener (Fine Gardening executive editor Danielle Sherry) and a cook (Sarah Breckenridge) as they plant, maintain, harvest, store, and prepare…

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    How to Prune Pine Trees

      Learn how to prune evergreen pines in this video with Bert Cregg, an associate professor in the horticulture and forestry departments at Michigan State University. These trees have a…

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    How to Sharpen Pruners Quickly

    There are a few good reasons to keep your pruning tools sharp. For one thing, it's easier to prune with a sharp blade than a dull one. But more important,…

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    Build a Garden Shed

    Fine Gardening asked the experts at Fine Homebuilding to design and build a garden shed that was a little different. From the solid plank floors to the timber-frame look, we…

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    How to Harvest Summer Squash

    Welcome to Homegrown/Homemade, a video series from FineGardening.com. We’ll be following a gardener (Fine Gardening executive editor Danielle Sherry) and a cook (Sarah Breckenridge) as they plant, maintain, harvest, store, and prepare…

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    How to Hill Potatoes

    Welcome to Homegrown/Homemade, a video series from FineGardening.com. We’ll be following a gardener (Fine Gardening executive editor Danielle Sherry) and a cook (Sarah Breckenridge) as they plant, maintain, harvest, store, and prepare…

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    How to Prune Hydrangea Bushes

    Even the most experienced gardeners can be confused by pruning hydrangeas. Some are cut back in late summer; others are pruned in the spring or fall. And how do you…

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    How to Plant Peonies

    Peonies are among the most beloved herbaceous plants, but they can also be one of the most frustrating. It's not unusual for many gardeners to complain about their absence of…

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    Basic Pruning Tools

    New to pruning? Antonio Reis, assistant editor at Fine Gardening magazine, shows you the tools you’ll need to get started maintaining your trees and shrubs. There’s no need to spend…