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A Potting Table with a Twist
It’s not easy being the carpenter son of a garden-center owner. It seems as if every year my mother asks me to build something crazy that she has seen in…
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Training Grapevines on an Arbor
Form a sheltering canopy by guiding the vines to the top and pruning them annually
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A Tidy Way to Pot a Container
Containers are a great way to showcase your favorite plants. Container planting gives you many options for combining different plants, as well as easily changing the layout of your garden.…
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Trapping Garden Pests With Yellow
Yellow can attract (and therefore trap) two of the worst gardening pests, the destructive cucumber beetle and the dreaded squash vine borer.
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Build a Sturdy Arbor
A weekend’s work and a few pieces of lumber yield a handsome home for vines
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Propagate Your Shrubs From Softwood Cuttings
With the right tools and conditions, it's easy to propagate new plants from softwood shoots
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Grow Your Own Conifers from Hardwood Cuttings
It takes a little patience, but the technique is straightforward and gives good results