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How to Do Your Own Lawn Care

April 13th, 2021

   The lawn-care pros who care for so many of our yards have no magic secrets on how to grow a nice lawn.    They just know what conditions and measures lawns need to thrive – and when and how to deliver them.    Any of us can do the same thing… if we learn […]

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Why It’s SO Important to Get Watering Right

July 7th, 2020

   I hope you’re staying on top of the garden-watering.    Yeah, water is expensive, and watering the plants eats up a lot of time. But the alternative in a dry, blistering July spell like this can be even more costly in terms of dead plants.    When temperatures rise into the 90s day after […]

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Joe’s Seed-Starting Tips

March 17th, 2020

   Joe Lamp’l, a.k.a. “Joe Gardener” and the host of PBS’s “Growing a Greener World,” is one America’s most trusted garden communicators because he’s such a practical guy who draws on what he’s learned from his own lifetime of hands-on gardening.    Joe’s latest and maybe most prodigious effort yet is his attempt to figure […]

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How Do We Know If a Spray Is “Safe?”

September 17th, 2019

   I came across a home gardening book recently (“Garden Enemies” by Cynthia Westcott) that was popular and well respected in the 1950s for helping gardeners figure out what to do about damage to their plants.    Over and over again, it suggested DDT as a routine solution to the assorted caterpillars and other bugs […]

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Why Would You Want to Cut a Plant Almost to the Ground?

March 19th, 2019

   Gardeners have to overcome erratic weather, sidestep a laundry list of potential bug and disease threats, and beat back attacks by deer, voles, and groundhogs to grow a decent plant.    So why would any sane gardener ever consider cutting a healthy tree or shrub to the ground?    I can think of a […]

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How to “Force” Bulbs

October 30th, 2018

   One antidote to the months of cold weather coming our way soon is blooming flowers.    You could just go out and buy some blooms whenever you’re fed up with snow and dark. Or you could get some ready yourself via the botanical trickery known as “bulb forcing.”    Forcing involves planting and chilling […]

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How to Divide Perennials

April 11th, 2018

Dividing perennials is easier than most people think. It basically boils down to digging up a clump, yanking them apart and replanting the pieces. A few more details…

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How to Get Poinsettias to Color Back Up

February 6th, 2018

Here’s a primer on how to get poinsettias to color back up for a repeat holiday show the next year.

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What Basement Lights Can Do

March 7th, 2017

Cheapie fluorescent tubes in the basement are useful for more than just starting seeds. They also allow you to overwinter tender plants, grow cuttings, and get a head start on spring by “forcing” summer bulbs.

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The Summer Storm Fakeout

July 26th, 2016

Don’t be fooled by summer storms. They may not be dumping as much plant-useful water as you think. Make sure your plants are getting enough water with these tips.

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