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5 Lovely Uses for Lavender - #yearofthelavender - National Garden Bureau

5 Lovely Uses for Lavender

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Easy Lavender Gifts You Can Make Yourself! As gardeners, we love to share a little bit of our garden with friends and loved ones by using our garden's bountiful goodness. It can be as simple as an aromatic bag of potpourri or a jar of jam made with homegrown berries. No matter what we grow...
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Leaf Stack Challenge - National Garden Bureau

The Leaf Stack Challenge

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You’ve undoubtedly heard of the Ice Bucket Challenge, and if you’re a parent you might also have read about the Cheerios Challenge. Be it for a good cause such as raising money for ALS research, or a silly trick started by a bored dad, such posts call us to be playful and join in on...
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The Pleasures of Potpourri

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The natural fragrance and beauty of a potpourri crafted from flowers and herbs harvested from your summer garden will lift your spirits throughout the cold winter months. Two traditional ways to make potpourri There are two traditional ways of making potpourri, the dry method or the moist.” The moist method is the oldest way of...
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The Foodscape Revolution- Just Plant the Edge!

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“Garden to Table” is the best way to describe my passion of Foodscaping. The idea is simple: add purpose to landscapes in developed areas such as suburban neighborhoods, office parks, school campuses and retirement communities. With an education in design, an enthusiasm for ornamental horticulture, and a hunger for local, organically raised produce I see...
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Creative Fencing for your Landscape - National Garden Bureau

Creative Fencing

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Although many landscapes have beautifully designed planting plans, creativity seems to be lacking when it comes to designing the fencing. We are used to seeing picket fences, stockade fences, split rail fences, and perhaps, even bentwood fences but why do those types of fences have to be the only ones we use? Why are the...
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What are Seed Tapes and How Do I Use Them?

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Seed tapes are a pre-sown product of single or multiple species of seeds that are already spaced between tissue layers at the correct distance for growing. Many flower, vegetable or herb seeds can be purchased already incorporated into these products. Advantages include: Even seed spacing prevents oversowing, especially with crops like lettuce, greens, carrots, wildflowers,…

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