Tips and Tricks
Bring additional texture and color to your patio, garden, or balcony with easy-to-manage container gardens. Planting in multiple (and moveable) pots gives us the ability to bring flowers and vegetables to spaces we use most. Whether your home has a huge patio or you live in a one bedroom apartment, …
Read more Container Gardens – Solutions for Every Size
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This summer garden checklist can help you focus your efforts where it matters most. Balance out the grunt-work tasks of weeding and mulching with more exciting projects like planting flowers and encouraging new growth. Grab your sunhat and gloves, and head outside no matter the weather! The rewards are endless. …
Read more Top 5 Summer Gardening Projects
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While many of our favorite vegetables are annuals, anyone who’s put out a garden knows how much work they require. Planting, pruning, watering, harvesting, picking off bugs–the list goes on. If you’re not afraid to branch out from the typical kitchen garden players, there’s another grow your own option with …
Read more Create a Food Forest
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Love lasagna? Who doesn’t? But really, what is it about lasagna that makes it so delicious? The cheesy goodness, tender noodles, or meaty sauce? Or all of it together? Lasagna stands out from a simpler dish because all the layers pull different flavors and textures into one beautiful, delectable meal. …
Read more Bulb Layering for Continuous Blooms
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It’s seed starting time! AKA the busiest, most stressful—and still somehow the most wonderful— time of the year. We understand your excitement, we really do—but before you run off to the greenhouse with those seeds you paid good money for, you might want to double-check this list. Or at the …
Read more Your Checklist for Seed Starting
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You’ve started your seeds on time and taken impeccable care of the seedlings in the greenhouse. They’re growing like crazy, it’s a gorgeous spring day with warm sun and a gentle breeze, and you’re wondering if today might be the day to put those babies in the ground. But wait! …
Read more How to Harden Off Seedlings
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Did your hardiness zone change? There’s big news in the gardening world. If you pay any attention to the internet you probably already know about it, but if not, allow us to break the news. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map last …
Read more How the New USDA Zone Map Impacts Gardeners
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The story isn’t a new one – Your pumpkin vine is truly magnificent, boasting a robust and healthy appearance with its lush, deep green leaves and abundant blossoms. Big, gorgeous yellow blooms open and close, but day after day you realize something—the absence of any signs of fruit. What is …
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Yikes! What is happening to my tomatoes? As your garden tomatoes flourish and mature during the summer session, it’s important to remain vigilant for the occurrence of blossom end rot (BER). While it may initially resemble a disease, there’s no need to worry, as it is simply a manifestation of …
Read more Keeping Tomatoes Free of Blossom End Rot
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One of the easiest and rewarding gardening projects that anyone can create is a trellis. You don’t need to be a handyman or a skilled crafter for this one! Sure, trellises are wonderful features for gardeners with small growing areas, but they are much more than that. So many veggies …
Read more DIY Garden Trellis – So Easy!
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