Baby Potatoes
Po-TAE-to, Po-TA-to Nothing tastes better than fresh baby potatoes from the garden. Boiled, baked or put into salads or soups,
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Plants
Pruning shrubs
New life for old shrubs Nearly all well-established gardens have at least one old shrub which is often ignored until
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Pungent plants
Noteworthy pungent plants from around the world. Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) The corpse flower is known as “the worst smelling
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Stinky flowers
There aren’t many things that smell better than walking through a beautiful garden and inhaling the intoxicating aroma of flowers
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Downy mildew killing impatiens
Common impatiens, Impatiens walleriana, have always seemed the most indestructible of plants. You stick them in the ground, give them
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Canna infection
A tissue gone viral We all know that people and computers both get viruses, but guess what? Plants can get
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Common Birch Tree Pests
The bronze birch bark borer and the birch leaf miner Several pests attack birch trees, especially those that are under
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Birch trees in the urban landscape
by Dorothy Dobbie When and where to plant a birch The best time to plant a birch tree is spring
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When to call an arborist
Trees are complicated organisms. It is hard to identify a problem without the help of a professional. You need to
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How trees communicate
By Dorothy Dobbie Literature and myth abound with stories about trees talking to people and people talking to trees. Many
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