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Garden with pink hydrangeas and red and white geraniums

Bug OFF: Plants to Repel Mosquitoes

It is that time of year again when those tiny whining noises can be heard buzzing by your ear. Mosquitoes…

Best Plants that Produce Fall Fruit

It’s easy to help your garden thrive when there is something beautiful to look at. Spring and summer seasons make…
Curb appeal hosta black eyed susan

May Gardening Checklist: 5 Essential To-Dos for a Thriving Garden

May is one of the busiest and most exciting months in the garden. Flowers are blooming, veggies are sprouting, and…
Farmer Nick with a bag of soil

Grab Your Books for a Lesson in Gardening 101

Back to Gardening School: A Fresh Start for Your Garden Remember the excitement of a new school year? Fresh notebooks,…
Pollinators, such as bees and butterflies, play a big part in getting our gardens to grow. They help fertilize flowers, carrying pollen from one plant to another.

Pollinators: Nothing to Sneeze At

Did you know that honeybees are directly responsible for pollinating one third of the food we eat? Pollinators, such as…
liquid fertilizer, potting soil, container gardening

Container Garden Tip: Extend Summer Color! 🌸

4 Tips to extend the life of containers for a summer of color.   Containers filled with bright blooms are…
hydrangea care, hydrangea color, growing hydrangas

Easy Does It: Best Hydrangeas for Beginners to Grow

[av_textblock size='' font_color='' color='' av_uid='av-3j1uttu'] Hydrangeas are versatile and easy to grow. They are not at all particular about where…
potting soil, starting seeds indoors, organic seed starting mix, growing tomatoes

Seed to Succeed! Seed Starting Secrets

Step aside houseplants. Not now indoor herbs. There’s a new indoor winter gardening project in town… indoor seed starting! Find…
soil test

One, Two, Three – What Soil Tests Numbers Really Mean

With just a tiny bit of water, a handful of seeds and some sunshine, your garden makes its own magic.…
organic gardening

Don’t Stall! Start Veggie Seeds for Fall

Today’s garden is bursting full of fresh fruits and veggies! There is nothing better than picking and eating a tomato,…

Hip, Hop, Hurray! Grow Hops for Homemade Beer

Homebrewed beer made of homegrown hops takes the craft beer movement to the next level. As you take that first…

Feed Boxwood with Organic Plant Food in Early Spring

Evergreens — the name says it all. These plants and shrubs add color to your garden all year long, even…
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