Plant pig squeak for next year
Pig squeaks have big shiny, paddle-shaped leaves surround a sturdy, 16-inch stalk that bursts into exuberant pink, sometimes white, flowers
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Gardening for Beginners
How to grow mushrooms at home
By Tania Moffat Growing mushrooms is unlike growing any other vegetable. Fungi grow from spores rather than seeds. These spores
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Test your garden knowledge: How well do you know your daffodils?
Test your garden knowledge by answering true or false to the following questions. 1. A daffodil is a kind of
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Growing Garlic in the Garden
Garlic – The goddess of the edible garden By Dave Hanson Few ingredients can be as ubiquitous, raunchy and intense,
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Growing seeds indoors
Nothing serves as a rite of passage for novice gardener more than the impassioned, ever-hopeful activity of growing tiny seeds
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Getting Started in the Garden
Planting early – the radical gardener’s guide to getting started in the garden Forget the good advice you were raised
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The happy heuchera
This time of the year can be a bit dreary with all the garden chores either ending or hidden by
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10 tips for a better lawn
1. Leaf it be. We used to spend backbreaking hours raking leaves and grass, piling them into bags and carrying
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Wildflowers for your garden
Stumbling upon a wildflower growing in its natural habitat is something that will make almost anyone smile. We’ve all likely
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Different types of mulch
The many facets of Mulch Mulch is a material that covers the soil and/or plants. When spread on soil in
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