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. Click here to read the rest of this great article.
Articles of interest
- A Quick Guide to Composting
- Bird, Bee ∓ Butterfly Perennials
- Box Potato Guide
- Break It Down
- Companion Planting
- Companions in the Garden
- Composting Yard & Vegetable Waste
- Crop Rotation
- Cytospora Canker
- Deer and Rabbit Resistant Perennials
- Diagnosis Sheet
- Earthworms
- Fanciful Gardens
- Fertilizing Your Vegetable Garden
- Growing Citrus Indoors
- Growing Root Vegetables
- Horticulture Constructing a Low-Cost High Tunnel
- Managing Blue Orchard Bees
- Vegetable Irrigation
- Let It Rot
- Crop Rotation
- Managing Insects in the Garden
- Mason Bees
- Onion Information Sheet
- Orchids - Why Won't It Rebloom?
- Planting & Growing Potatoes
- Planting Guide 4/15
- Planting Guide 5/3
- Planting Guide 5/21
- Poinsettia Care
- Pondless Waterfall
- Poplar Borer
- Praying Mantis Egg Cases
- Pruning Clematis Demystified
- Pruning Lilacs
- Sod Installation & Care
- Succesful Tree Planting
- Fruit IPM Advisory
- Vegetable Start Dates
- Wrestling with Wisteria
- Root Weevils
- Clematis Pruning Groups
- 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 Planting (10 Steps to Successful Tree Planting)
Aquatic
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Articles of interest
- Algae Control with Barley Straw
- Koi Feeding Chart
- Water Quality
- Winterizing Your Pond
- 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
Fruits, Nuts & Berries
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