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    South October Garden To-Do List

    Throw your mums on the compost heap. If you purchased a garden mum (Chrysanthemum spp. and cvs., Zones 5-9) for fall decor, chances are it’s beginning to fade. A quick…

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    Best Native Woodies for the South

    Gardeners love native plants, and for good reason. They are built to thrive in the conditions of a specific region, often without complaint, and are an essential component in the…

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    Planting a Public Garden in Florida

    Today we’re visiting with Joyce Laubach to see a beautiful project she worked on in a park near her new home in Florida. This is a fun reminder that there…

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    Saying Goodbye in Arkansas

    Today we’re taking a bittersweet garden tour with Stephanie Edwards in Little Rock, Arkansas (Zone 8a) as she prepares to move to a new garden halfway across the country. We…

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    Florida-Style Foliage

    Today we’re visiting Lillian Miller’s garden in St. Petersburg, Florida. I have gardened in Italy; Germany; Tacoma, Washington; and the Berkshires in Massachusetts. Now I am retired, but this is…

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    Ornamental Grasses That Shine in the South

    Late summer in the South is when people really start to take notice of ornamental grasses in the garden. There is good reason for this, as the heat of summer…

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    Growing Blueberries in the South

    There are two times of year I truly love the blueberry bushes in my backyard. The first, of course, is during harvest. Piling mounds of the little beauties into buckets…

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    Garden Stumperies

    Today we’re visiting with Bonnie Plikaytis and her stumperies. My husband and I live in Big Canoe, a woodland community in north Georgia. I have been gardening this acre of…

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    July in Arkansas

    My name is Angie Caruthers, and this is my backyard garden in northwest Arkansas. I've been gardening for about five years since we moved to Arkansas from North Texas. These…

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    The “Herban” Life

    Today’s photos are from Mika (catch her on Instagram @theherbanlife_), who grows a lot of food on a small lot in Jacksonville, Florida. My story is very simple. I am…