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How-ToProtecting Your Garden from Hungry Critters
Whether you dwell in the city, suburbs, or countryside, critters are likely to adore the fruits of your garden labor. While small animals such as gophers, rats, mice, squirrels, and…
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How-ToLesser-Known Methods of Propagation Beyond Stem Cuttings
While stem cuttings are the most popular method of propagation, plants can be propagated by other means. Root: Some woodies, such as sassafras (Sassafras albidum, Zones 4–9) and sumac (Rhus…
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How-ToSix Simple Steps for Stem-Cutting Success
Keep in mind that different species can root better at different times of the year. So if you fail, try again! You can learn much and be inspired by seeing…
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How-To3 Tell-Tale Signs of Boxwood Blight
There are many common but less severe diseases of boxwood shrubs, and all are occasionally mistaken for boxwood blight. Learning the following combination of three key symptoms will help you…
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How-ToTips for Choosing and Planting a Bareroot Fruit Tree in Northern California
Plucking mouthwatering fruit from your own home-grown fruit tree is so rewarding. Growing your own lowers your carbon footprint (that luscious peach you're biting into was not driven in from…
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How-ToHow to Fight Boxwood Blight
It has now been a full ten years since a mysterious disease affecting 10,000 containerized boxwood (Buxus spp. and cvs., Zones 5–9) shrubs in North Carolina and over 100,000 boxwoods…
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DesignThe Best Succulents to Grow Inside
Succulents have sparked a lot of interest in recent years, and many people have taken on the hobby of growing them in their homes. As gardeners expand their succulent collections,…
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How-ToNew Garden Tools That Make Maintenance Easier on Your Body
As the gardening season starts up again, many of us are going through our sheds and taking inventory of our tools, looking for damage and making mental notes of what…
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How-ToHow to Site Your Ground-Cover Plants Right
The further the spacing, the fewer plants that are needed to cover an area. However, this also means it takes more time for bare areas of ground to be covered.…
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How-ToSoutheast: February Garden To-Do List
February is a month of paradox. It's often our coldest month and the one with the best chance of snow—yet flowers bloom even in snow here in the Southeast. You…
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