Garden All Winter Long
Enjoy homegrown produce year-round with a cold frame.
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Tag Archives: gardening
Seed Sources We Love
Sure, you could wait until spring and buy plants, but few things are more satisfying than growing plants from seed. Check out our favorite seed sites.
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Poinsettia Pointers
Learn how to extend the beauty of America’s best-selling holiday plant.
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Top 10 Gardening Books
Need a gift idea for friends and family with a green thumb? Here’s 10!
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March Gardening Tips
Get ready to “dig” in and prepare for those early plantings of potatoes, peas, and strawberries, as well as roses, ornamental bushes and trees.
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Beyond Daffodils
Last call for Northerners! Plus, check out 6 “out-of-the-box” bulbs to jazz up your spring garden.
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Saving Your Summer Bulbs
A few ground rules will help your bulbs survive harsh winter weather: dig them up; store them over the winter; and replant them next spring.
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Save the Seed!
If you didn’t use up all of the garden seed you bought this year, why not store them for next year? Seeds of some plants are not very long lived, lasting only one or two years at best. Yet other seeds can remain viable (capable of germinating) for three to five years. Horticulturist B. Rosie Lerner explains which seeds to store, how, and for how long.
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Notes from the Field: Gifts for the Gardener
Forget the long lines and parking wars at the mall … instead, cultivate your own handmade presents for the gardener in your life.
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A Guide to Which Apples to Use for Cooking, Baking and Eating
With 2,500 varieties of apples growing in the United States, what kind keeps the doctor away? But more importantly, what kind makes the best-tasting apple pie?
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No Leaf Left Behind: 7 Yard-Prepping Tips for the Season
It’s important to prepare your yard for the upcoming season. Here are seven ways to make sure your yard doesn’t “fall” apart.
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Composting: What Every Gardener Should Know
Autumn frosts usually means lots of clean up around the yard and garden. Why not turn that yard waste into treasure?
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Picking the Pumpkin
Johnny wants a jack-o’-lantern; Mama wants a pie. Here’s how to pick and preserve the perfect pumpkins for your fall festivities.
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Fall Family Gardens
Fall has arrived, and the kids are back in school. What better time to provide your children or grandchildren with a lesson in edible fall gardens?
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Growing the Glorious Sunflower
Sunflowers are not only beautifuly, they also are great for making snacks!
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Everlasting Flowers
Flowers are out in force in late summer and fall, and this is the perfect time to preserve some of that color and beauty to brighten your home in winter.
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