Reader Tips - Fine Gardening
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ArticleTips for Outsmarting Squirrels and More
Prune ornamental grasses without making a mess Spring cleanup can be a real mess. If you cut your own ornamental grasses, that’s especially true if it’s a windy day and…
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How-To6 Gardening Tips That Repurpose Common Household Items
Gardeners often find ingenious ways to solve problems. Below you'll find tips from our readers that repurpose common household items to great effect. Get an edge on gardening and peruse…
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How-ToReader Tips for Simplifying Early Spring Chores
Here’s the scoop on top-dressing I prefer to top-dress my flower beds while my perennials are napping safely underground, but I often find myself doing this while the plants are…
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How-ToGardening Tips for Protecting Flowers, Controlling Bindweed, and More
They’re bloomin’ in the rain – Winning Tip My ‘Apricot’ chrysanthemums look gorgeous until the first rainfall when their beautiful flowers droop and decline. To prevent that, I clipped an…
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How-ToTips About Pest Control, Window Boxes, Comfort, Protecting Sprouts, and Watering
Winning Tip: Protect those sprouts I was searching for a way to help protect young sprouts and encourage their growth. I had used plastic container collars before, but birds and…
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How-To4 Tips for Early Spring Gardening
Edging with downed-tree sections When a tree must be taken down in my neighborhood, I find a place in my garden for as many of the remnants as possible by…
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