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ArticleMake Your Own Easy Garden Lanterns
Watch Michelle Gervais, Fine Gardening's technical editor, demonstrate how to make garden lanterns. Pierced-tin candleholders are easy to create and add a folk-art touch to your garden. Even better, most…
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ArticleHow to Sharpen Pruners Quickly
There are a few good reasons to keep your pruning tools sharp. For one thing, it's easier to prune with a sharp blade than a dull one. But more important,…
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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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DesignVideo: A dynamic design for a garden passageway
When Scott Endres moved into his home 12 years ago, he felt constricted by the amount of space available for gardening. With a small front yard, a tiny backyard, and…
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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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DesignSelecting Trees for Structure
As gardeners, we evaluate a plant's ornamental characteristics before we consider adding it to our garden. We may want to know, for example, when a plant flowers or if it…
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VideoA Survey of Pruning Tools
Whether you are pruning hedges, shrubs, or fruit trees, the right tool makes all the difference. In this clip from Fine Gardening’s Pruning DVD, horticulturist Lee Reich, Ph.D., of New…
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DesignVideo: Ornaments in the Garden
"I love to embellish—my clothing, my house, and best of all, my garden," says Eve Thyrum, a volunteer at the Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore College and a member of the Hardy Plant…
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