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How-ToSimple Steps to Prevent Powdery Mildew
If you grow common vegetable garden crops -- like beans, peas, squash, pumpkins, melons and cucumbers –- you might see a powdery white coating on leaves and stems during the…
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How-ToCare Tips for Drought-Deciduous Native Plants
As the rains end and June gloom rolls by, things start to dry up in the garden, and many of your favorite drought-deciduous native plants, such as ‘Bee’s Bliss’ salvia…
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Kitchen GardeningWatering Plants with Sunlight and Air
A demonstration garden at the Denver Botanic Gardens uses a solar-powered atmospheric water harvesting system to irrigate a honey of a vegetable garden. The process uses solar energy to drive…
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How-ToKeep an Eye Out for Allium Leafminer
Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is getting a lot of attention as the latest big pest threat in the Mid-Atlantic, but it’s not the only new and serious problem to pop up…
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How-ToField Trip Notes: Big Ideas and Achievable Goals at Resilient Landscape Symposium
There’s nothing like a good symposium with a group of antsy gardeners to provide motivation and inspiration for the upcoming gardening season. The University of Wisconsin’s Allen Centennial Gardens recently…
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DesignContainers With Serious Contrast Always Stand Out
How often do you return home from an expensive assault on the local nursery to find that, ultimately, your container design is disappointing for reasons you cannot quite explain? Creating…
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How-ToWhat’s the Deal with the Chelsea Chop?
Pretty much any gardening book that’s worth its salt mentions the Chelsea Chop—but most do only that. The introduction of the concept is usually followed by some variation of this…
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How-ToWhen the Fire Ants Take Over: Effective and Less-Toxic Solutions
There are several harbingers of warmer weather in the Southern Plains: blooming wildflowers, freshly mowed lawns, and, unfortunately, the appearance of fire ant mounds. Nothing quite says “Summer is coming”…
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How-ToHow to Garden More in Spring So You Can Garden Less in July
I’m not here to pop the rainbow-colored bubble you call “spring,” but here in the Southeast, summer does follow closely on its heels. That first blast of humid air on…
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ArticleSpring in the Vegetable Garden
It has been a very wet spring here in the Mid-Atlantic. I’m not complaining—always thankful for the precipitation—it makes it challenging for planting when the garden is soggy. Everything is…
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