How-To - Page 88 of 158 - Fine Gardening
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How to Turn a Basement Into a Greenhouse
Arlene Lopas shared her beautiful garden with us some weeks ago and mentioned that she uses lights in her basement to overwinter many plants. Many of you were curious about…
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How to Make a Moisturizing Herbal Balm
After the long gardening season begins to come to a close, and the cool season begins to set in, many a gardener may look down to find that their hands…
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Constructing a Home Greenhouse
If you dream of having a greenhouse one day but are intimidated by cost or construction, my experience can help you. Like my father before me, I build greenhouses and…
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Easy-to-Build Cold Frame
Experience has taught me that the simplest solution is often the best. I wanted to spend more time using my new cold frame than building it, so I designed a…
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Putting Your Borders to Bed
As much as I love gardening, I must admit that I look forward to putting my garden to bed at the end of the season. In the same way my…
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Pretty Pickled Beets
Makes 4 pints 6 lb. small Chioggia or golden beets 2 cups white wine vinegar 2 cups sugar 6 cups thinly sliced red onion 1⁄4 cup pickling spice 12 whole…
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How to Grow Beets
I suppose beets might be appreciated more if they hung from trees like apples instead of spending their lives in the soil. Glistening in the sunlight in colors ranging from…
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How to Design a Rain Garden
The term “rain garden” is a bit of a misnomer. Sounding like it is some kind of a water-logged bog, a rain garden, in fact, is a slightly sunken garden…
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Gardening in a Changing Climate
The topic of climate change has come to permeate all facets of our lives. From the evening news to social media, discussions of carbon footprint and global warming are never…
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The Science Behind Plant Division
Divide to multiply. Even the language of this common garden practice hints at its paradoxical power. Division is a simple method of vegetative propagation that involves separating a perennial plant…