The Smart Pot – Adding Flexibility to Your Garden
Like most people, I love a good deal. That’s how I ended up picking up a Smart Pot circular garden bed. It was originally about $18 but had been reduced to $4. That’s a pretty …
Written by: Lauren
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How to Save Your Hanging Baskets
A couple of months ago I wrote an article on how to make a hanging basket for your yard. Mine looked great until powdery mildew came through and helped the hungry birds in taking out …
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Summer Gardening – How to Keep Summer from Killing Your Garden
As the Beatles once sang: “Here comes the sun, the ice is slowly melting…” If you live in the North these days, you’re probably shaking off memories of abundant snow and still counting yourself fortunate to have …
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The Budget Friendly Garden – A Starter Guide
At one point or another, we’ve all suffered from a lack of funds. There’s still no reason why you can’t have a great garden if that happens to be the case. All budget gardening requires …
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The Choosy Gardener – How to Avoid Picking Bad Plants
Summer is upon us. If you didn’t get your seeds planted or your seedlings simply didn’t come up, it’s time to take that walk of shame to the garden center in search of plant starts (we …
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Growing Vegetables in Containers – Save Some Space
If you’re short on space but longing for tomatoes or strawberries with real flavor, container gardening can be the solution to your prayers. Likewise, if your yard is infested with nematodes that keep attacking your vegetables, …
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Easy Garden Maintenance – Looking Sharp with Minimal Effort
Of course, you want your garden to look super with as little maintenance as possible. We barely have time to throw some plants in the ground, much less spend whole afternoons tidying up. Am I right? Thanks …
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Multiplying Your Plants – A Low Cost Equation
I normally hate math. There are far too many numbers (and sometimes letters) but no easy answers. Multiplying your plants is a simpler equation. Sometimes they even self-propagate, leaving gardeners to enjoy the rewards of nature. Most …
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A Quick Fix to Low Spots in Your Garden
Whether the hole in question is simply a low spot in the ground or it’s a space where the local armadillo population decided to have a party, we’ve all had problems with random gaps appearing in our …
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No Yard, No Problem! – Tips for Starting a Container Garden
Although home gardening is a trend that has certainly taken off lately, not everyone has acres of land that they can devote to the cultivation of fresh veggies and herbs. Prospective gardeners might be renting a yard from someone who could …
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