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How-ToWinter is Best Time for Rejuvenation Pruning in the Mid-Atlantic
While a light hand is apropos for many pruning jobs, sometimes a judicious but heavy hand is needed. Rejuvenation pruning is a heavy-handed but efficient method to bring overlooked, overgrown,…
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DesignA Time to Take Garden Stock | Letter from the Editor
As I look outside my office window, I can see a serene layer of snow has begun blanketing my garden. So, it seems like an appropriate time to celebrate the…
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How-ToHow Do You Care for Heaths and Heathers?
Heaths and heathers are easy to grow if you give them the right conditions. They only loathe clay soil and summer humidity (although you can find exceptions), and you can’t…
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How-To4 Must-Have Tools for Seed Starting
Tested by Niki Jabbour, the award-winning author of Growing Under Cover and The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener, who lives and gardens in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Learn more about the how's, why's,…
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How-ToTips for Starting Annual Seeds Indoors Successfully
While growing plants from seed is less expensive, it does require extra steps when compared to growing plants or starts from your local garden center. 1. Buy seeds from a…
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How-ToTips for Growing Cacti and Succulents in Cold Zones
While these plants can take the cold, they may need special care to thrive in certain environments. Follow these guidelines to ensure that your hardy cacti and succulents last for…
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DesignHow to Use the Science of Plant Survival Strategies for a Healthier Garden
The biggest epiphany of my horticultural career was learning about plant survival strategies. Like most gardeners, I was accustomed to classifying plants as annuals, biennials, or perennials. But dividing them…
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DesignHow to Build a Stylish Dry Creek Bed
Stormwater runoff, and the damage it can leave behind, has become a seemingly unmanageable problem for gardeners from coast to coast. The perfect mix of unpredictable and changing weather patterns, urban…
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DesignPraise for Perennial Evergreens | Letter from the Editor
If you live in a place that gets a fair amount of snow, is it important to have evergreen perennials? For many years we have debated this question around our…
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Design12 of the Best, Most Reputable Nature and Gardening Apps
We live in an era when technology largely rules the roost. At every turn we’re bombarded by new electronic devices, apps, and functionality—intended to make our lives better, or at…
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