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Nursery

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Jump Start Your Seeds
Columbines brighten both sides of my shady, front-yard path. The little congregation on one side came as plants from a catalog, while those on the other were nurtured, by me, from a palmful of shiny, black seeds to a drift of long-spurred flowers. Guess which ones give me the most satisfaction? Maternal pride isn’t the only reward that I get from starting seeds. I’ve also gained a greener thumb and a fatter wallet—a packet of seeds provides 20 or more plants for the price of a single potted plant.
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Articles of interest

• Container Gardening
• Planting Bulbs Is As Easy As 1-2-3
• Fertilizing WOODY Plants
• Root Weevils
• Pruning Clematis Demystified
• Pruning Lilacs
• Clematis Pruning Groups
• A Quick Guide to Composting
• Starting Transplants from Seed
• The Fairy Rings of Summer
• 5 Easy Steps to Planting your New Lawn
• Fall Lawn Care
• Fall Gardening Chores
• Noxious Weed List
• Earwigs
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Worms
• A Guide for Hand Plating
  (10 Steps to Successful Tree Planting)

Aquatic

We will update this section of our website to include articles pertaining to caring for your pond, water plants, fish and turtles. Please check back often.

Articles of interest

• Algae control withBarley Straw
• The Twenty Steps To Koi Health
  
• Fish Nutrition
  
• Winterizing Your Pond
  
• Koi And Goldfish Diseases
  
• Water Quality
  
• Nitrogen Cycle
• Pond Clean Out Tips
• Fall/Winter Pond Checklist
• Rejuvenate Your Pond With a Spring Clean-out!
• Spring Pond Tips
• Spring Pond Tips 2
• Summer Pond Tips
• Fall Pond Tips
• Preparing Fish for Winter
• Salting Your Pond
• The Perfect Pond
• Justin's Clear Water Recipe
• Mother Nature's Prescription for Algae Control
• Make Your Pond Winter Hardy