Gardening
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How to Clean Up Hellebores
Mr. McGregor's Daughter &bull 4 Hours Ago
The easiest way to start cutting back is with the top most stems. This is the most perilous part of the procedure for the plants. Many an experienced gardener (including yours truly) has inadvertently cut off a bud along with… Full Story »
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Toilet Hire Tips When Landscaping The Home Garden
www.outdoorkitchencabinets.net via @gardeningguru &bull TodayYour irrigation specialist needs to know at least about the basics of plumbing practices, before he irrigates your lawn. So, hire him as a toilet hire to fix your toilet, as well as to set up a sprinkler system to water your petunias in landscaping the… Full Story »
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Hot Pots: Container Gardening in the Arid Southwest
containergardenguide.com via @brownthumbgirl &bull TodayProduct DescriptionBring life to your outdoor space: detailed information about creating a decorative yard, patio, or balcony in arid climates and discusses the variety of plant options available. Award-winning author, Scott Calhoun, and local nature expert, Lynn Hassler, provide a… Full Story »
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Events for March 11-18
Homes & Gardens - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com &bull Today
PICK OF THE WEEK: A free adaptive gardening workshop is aimed at helping people with a cancer diagnosis start or continue to garden despite the effects of treatment. The workshop, sponsored by Legacy Cancer Services, teaches body mechanics and techniques… Full Story »
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Koi and filters
From the Pondlady's Pad &bull Today
Time to time musings about backyard garden pond building, keeping, troubleshooting. Tips on the latest pond supplies and equipment. When Jan Goldfield took up the task of building a pond in her backyard in 1987, it was strictly as a… Full Story »
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Good Container Gardening Practices to PREVENT Pest Problems
Life on the Balcony &bull Today
Last week my master gardener class was on "integrated pest management," as you could probably tell from the #MGtips tweets I posted to my Twitter account. Integrated pest management (IPM) is the use of all suitable pest control methods in a compatible manner that minimizes adverse effects on the environment. While IPM sometimes advocates… Full Story »
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The Thrifty Gardener: Do-it-Yourself Pond, Part 1
Dave's Garden &bull Today
At the end of this past summer, I set out to build my own pond. I found myself immersed in conflicting research, pricey gadgets and some very confusing directions. In the end though, I came out with a beautiful pond… Full Story »
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Gardener Snake (Wordless Wednesday)
Mr. McGregor's Daughter &bull Yesterday
Welcome to Squirrelhaven, my Zone 5 garden in Northern Illinois. Full Story »
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Fishing pond
From the Pondlady's Pad &bull Yesterday
Time to time musings about backyard garden pond building, keeping, troubleshooting. Tips on the latest pond supplies and equipment. When Jan Goldfield took up the task of building a pond in her backyard in 1987, it was strictly as a… Full Story »
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Gardening with Bearded Iris: Spring Cleanup, Fertilizing Irises, and Iris Borer Control
Dave's Garden &bull Yesterday
You look out at your iris bed this week and see A not much! My bearded irises are looking pretty dormant. The bedAs main feature is the collection of zinc markers rising up like little headstones in a cemetery. You… Full Story »
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Story Detail
dothanfirst.com via @wdhn &bull Mar 9, 2010The Dothan Area Botanical Gardens hopes a new addition to their facility will benefit the entire community. Tuesday morning the garden's board of directors brought out the gold-plated shovels-- not to plant anything-- but to celebrate construction of a new… Full Story »
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Health care reform is long overdue
The Garden Variety: Cleveland Botanical Garden's Blog &bull Mar 9, 2010
It is time for the multitudes of gardeners to take the necessary steps to stop the spread of diseases. It is time to start sterilizing the gardening tools. It is really a very simple step. Full Story »
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Wetland Gardens
From the Pondlady's Pad &bull Mar 9, 2010
Time to time musings about backyard garden pond building, keeping, troubleshooting. Tips on the latest pond supplies and equipment. We live on a lake in Michigan and I want to start planning a wetland garden. We have an area by… Full Story »
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March aerial
Skippy's Vegetable Garden &bull Mar 8, 2010
A journal of my home vegetable garden. Skippy thinks it's his garden, but I've been gardening here for 20 years. We're located near Boston (USDA zone 6). I have a big community garden plot and a small plot in my… Full Story »
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Toilet Hire Tips When Landscaping The Home Garden Article Blog
flights.web44.net via @kokolinda1 &bull Mar 8, 2010A plumber can be your toilet hire and fix your sinks and fixtures, but a landscaper can do these things as well as landscaping the home garden by putting in an entire irrigation system into your lawn and garden. You see, the latter needs to know about plumbing before he can provide a sprinkler… Full Story »
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Organic Gardener
Gardening Australia &bull Mar 8, 2010
In the latest issue of ABC's Organic Gardener Magazine, we show why apples are the perfect backyard fruit tree, plus pest control advice and heirloom varieties. We share the keys to growing successful asparagus. Plus stories on rare farm animals,… Full Story »
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Dear Friends and Gardeners: March 8, 2010
May Dreams Gardens &bull Mar 8, 2010
Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, Greetings from the beginnings of spring in my garden. It's amazing how there were no blooms last week and now this week there are crocuses blooming everywhere. Out in the vegetable garden, henbit is starting to sprout and grow everywhere,… Full Story »
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Online fruit and veg retailer says perennials best value after Gardening Which? expose of 1 carrot plugs
Horticulture Week: Latest Garden Retail News &bull Mar 8, 2010
Consumers concerned about rip-off prices should buy perennials according to Grown For You general manager Nick Coumbe. Full Story »
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Defra secretary Hilary Benn launches peat targets at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Horticulture Week: Latest Ornamentals Production News &bull Mar 8, 2010
The campaign is targeting amateur gardeners as they buy the majority of peat (70%) that is used in horticulture. Hilary Benn was set to announce new targets to reduce peat in compost in the amateur gardening market. Kew Gardens director… Full Story »
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Diarmuid Gavin fronts Defra go peat-free campaign
Horticulture Week: Latest News &bull Mar 8, 2010
A new Defra campaign is urging gardeners to go peat-free when they buy compost and "play their part in the fight against climate change". Defra used TV gardener Diarmuid Gavin to front the campaign. Gavin appears in a video about… Full Story »
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