Techniques - Page 122 of 198 - Fine Gardening
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How to Prune the Tricky Shrubs
Even seasoned gardeners scratch their head when it comes to cutting back these tricky shrubs
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How to Prune Conifers
These plants are unforgiving, so make the right cuts for the right reasons
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Pruning Hydrangeas
Knowing if your shrub blooms on old or new wood will help you make timely cuts
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How to Prune Lilacs
Whether it's an ancient shrub or a vigorous young plant, all lilacs can benefit from some well-placed cuts
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Amendments that Can Give Your Soil a Boost
A gardener's guide to wood ashes, greensand, rock phosphate, soybean meal, gypsum, sulfur, alfalfa meal, and epsom salts
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Use Mulch to Manage Your Soil Conditions
If you look around at all the landscape trees planted in islands of red bark chips these days, it’s hard to believe that garden mulching was virtually unknown half a…
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Getting to the Coir of the Matter
Gardeners for years have lined their hanging baskets with long-fiber coir. Learn how this material differs from peat.