Making a Garden Planter from Pallets #Gardening

You know you just love planting those summer gardens. Even if you don’t have a relatively large space for your garden, you can still pla...

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How to Plan Your Container Garden

At the moment, everyone in the gardening world seems to be talking about planning your garden for Spring. But sometimes gardening can be...

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How to Re-Grow Leeks, Scallions, Spring Onions and Fennel from Kitchen Scraps

You can either use the white root end of a vegetable that you have already cut, or buy a handful of new vegetables to use specifically f...

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What You Need to Grow Shiitake Mushrooms #Gardening

What You Need: Shiitake mushroom plugs Slightly seasoned hard wood, like oak or poplar Beeswax , not required, but recommended 5/1...

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Great tips on growing peppers to maturity #Gardening

This is more-or-less what I do. You should adjust exact dates based on your particular microclimate and willingness to fuss over your pl...

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Onions Planting, Growing and Harvesting

Onions are edible bulbs. They are members of the allium family, along with chives, garlic, leeks, shallots and ornamental alliums. Onion...

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How to Prune Small Trees and Shrubs

Smart pruning when trees are small helps them grow to be strong and healthy. During a hot Texas summer several years ago, I worked at ...

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Plastic Potato Barrel #Gardening

Compared with the wooden planter, this plastic potato barrel is cheaper. It sells for 95 bucks at Amazon . It’s made of polypropylene....

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Using wood ashes in the garden

1. Make lye water out of ash. You can boil 2-3 spoons of ash (clean white/grey fluffy ash) with water and then filter it with a coffee ...

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#Gardening : Tips for Growing Green Beans

The great thing about green beans is, you don’t have to have a green thumb to be able to grow them. They are easy to grow, fairly hardy,...

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How to plant asparagus crowns in raised beds #Gardening

How To do it : Choose a sunny part of the garden with good drainage. Dig a trench and check the pH, which should be 6.5 to 7.5. Plan...

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Square Foot Gardening Plan #Gardening

How To make a  Square Foot Garden  : Gathering the Materials The Box is Completed Filling the Box Squared and Planted Sprouts! Th...

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Transplanting Root Bound Plants

How to plant root bound plants: Make numerous downward cuts so that the circular roots are cut. This forces the roots to grow outward w...

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How to Plant, Care & Harvest Lettuce

This is a half-hardy vegetable that you can keep growing all season long by planting one small crop at a time. Days to maturity tend to ...

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Make Room For Melons #Gardening

There is nothing like a vine ripened melon picked right from your own garden. Bite into a slice of sweet juicy watermelon on a hot July ...

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Heucheras, the "new hostas" for shady spots. So colorful!

Heucheras, the "new hostas" for shady spots. So colorful!

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Gardening : Stunning orange trees

Would you have a miniature citrus fruit tree in your home? Each time I take my dogs for a walk, I pass by this beau...

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How to Do a Quick Germination Test

Try this germination test at home to see if they’re worth planting, or if you should be buying new seeds this year. Use a double thick...

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Growing Vegetables Chart

There is nothing quite like the delight of growing your own vegetables. Growing your own vegetables organically ensures healthful produc...

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How to grow an apple tree from a seed

Get a paper towel and wrap your apple seeds in them. Wet the paper towel and put it in the plastic bag. Make sure the plastic bag is sea...

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