How-To Project: Dividing Perennials
When an established perennial produces fewer flowers, or the center of the plant looks sickly while the margins thrive, it could be time to divide the plant. Or even if the plant is healthy, perhaps you'd like to share it with a friend by ... [... more]
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Mac Perry's Florida Lawn and Garden Care
Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780820004174 Edition: 5th ISBN: 0820004170 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: 1999-07-15 [... more]
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Start plants early and late.
Whether you live in Toronto, where the frost-free vegetable growing season is under 200 days long, or in Southern California, where it's over 300 days long, sometimes the season seems just too short. When this is the case, you can use the ... [... more]
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Collect your equipment.
Prune your roses to increase blooming and decrease disease and pest problems. Do most of your pruning in early spring just before new growth begins, but remove spent flowers and dead canes whenever they occur. The goal is to keep the center of ... [... more]
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Garden Angels Outdoor Garden Care Set
Whether it's Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas or simply a pleasant surprise, these attractively packaged sets make an ideal gift for the garden lover, and are sure to make a welcome change from the usual socks or soap sets! A useful heavy duty green [... more]
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Cuidados Del Jardin / Garden Care
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Waterwise Garden Care
In an easy-to-read format, Waterwise Garden Care highlights garden-tested techniques that gardeners in arid climates can use. The book tells how to grow colorful and resilient landscapres that thrive in dry, challenging conditions. [... more]
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Order the plugs or sprigs.
An inexpensive way to start a new warm-season lawn or patch an existing one is to plant plugs or sprigs in late spring to early summer. Warm-season grasses, such as Bermuda, St. Augustine, and zoysia, spread easily from 2- to 3-inch sections of ... [... more]
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Sponsored Educational Publications.
Founded in 1973, the National Gardening Association (NGA) is the largest nonprofit association of home, school, and community gardeners in the United States. Our mission is to cultivate new gardeners and help flower and food growing enthusiasts ... [... more]
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Determine need for fertilizer.
Most landscape trees growing in their natural environments rarely need fertilizer. However, trees growing in infertile soil along roadsides, in urban areas, and around new homes may need extra nutrients to keep growing strong. Apply in early ... [... more]
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How-To Project: Controlling Slugs
If there's one garden pest that's universally despised, it's slugs. Not only do they eat prized vegetables, herbs, and flowers at night while you sleep, but when you do catch them, they're so slimy and squishy that many gardeners won't even touch ... [... more]
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Garden Angels Outdoor Garden Care Set
Whether it's Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas or simply a pleasant surprise, these attractively packaged sets make an ideal gift for the garden lover, and are sure to make a welcome change from the usual socks or soap sets! A useful heavy duty green [... more]
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