microclimates - Fine Gardening
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How-To
Gardening in the Southwest: How to Use Microclimates
Obvious shifts in climate patterns are changing our natural world. Large trees are dying, moderate temperature swings are now more extreme, and storms are more sporadic and violent when they…
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How-To
How to Handle Microclimates Within Your Yard
Microclimates can pose unique challenges as you plan for and maintain your yard and gardens. Although not all challenges are a bad thing, they can be expensive. For those of…
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Design
Dealing With Dry Shade
Everything I’ve learned about dry-shade gardening has been from experimentation. When my husband and I bought our home in Fairview, Tennessee, 20 years ago, I had never gardened before.…
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Kitchen Gardening
What Are Microclimates?
If you think that the numbers on the USDA zone map have the last word on your garden - think again.