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How-ToHow to Remove Dead Wood
A lot of the pruning you do for woody plants is done in late winter or early spring. But there are a few exceptions to this general rule. Dead…
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How-ToHow to Buy the Best Plants
Aside from the garden, the nursery is a gardener's favorite place. Walking into a nursery knowing you want to buy some 'Moonbeam' coreopsis is easy. But do you want the…
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How-ToHow to Dig, Divide, and Store Dahlia Tubers
Dahlias have some of the most beautiful flowers of any garden plant available. They appear in every color of the rainbow but blue, and present over a dozen unique forms…
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How-ToHow to Plant Peonies
Peonies are among the most beloved herbaceous plants, but they can also be one of the most frustrating. It's not unusual for many gardeners to complain about their absence of…
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How-ToPlanting Ornamentals (Bare Root)
Planting the right way can be the difference in a plant's survival. All too often we quickly dig a hole, plop in the plant, then kick dirt around it. No…
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How-ToHow to Plant a Balled-and-Burlapped Tree
Planting the right way can be the difference in a plant's survival. All too often we quickly dig a hole, plop in the plant, then kick dirt around it. No…
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How-ToPlanting Ornamentals (Container-Grown)
Planting the right way can be the difference in a plant's survival. All too often we quickly dig a hole, plop in the plant, then kick dirt around it. No…
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How-ToMaking Compost
What you put into your compost pile determines what you get out. Lee Reich, Ph.D., author of The Pruning Book and "hands-in-the-dirt" gardener, advises to take the time to get the…
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How-ToSeed-Starting Pre-Treat
Cultivated seeds, removed from nature, are removed from the natural processes they would be undergoing in the passage of the seasons and may require artificial stimuli to overcome dormancy. Scarification…
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How-ToFall Leaves Make a Great Natural Mulch
Fallen leaves carry 50 to 80 percent of the nutrients a tree extracts from the soil and air, including carbon, potassium, and phosphorus. So why waste them? A 2-to-3-inch layer…
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