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Victory Garden 2.0 - 10 steps in Planting Your garden - National Garden Bureau

Planting Outdoors Victory Garden 2.0

Congratulations on your decision to start your own Victory Garden 2.0! Now it's time for planting your garden outdoors! In our last blog, we talked about how to plan your garden, including starting from seed. Now it's time to think about or begin, planting your garden outdoors. Remember, two very important steps in gardening are...

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Grow Your Own Grains - National Garden Bureau

Gardening with Grains

Foodscaping, Planting Tips

#CrazyGrainLady A few years ago, I dubbed myself the #CrazyGrainLady. Though I had very little experience growing traditional agricultural crops, I was fascinated by the idea of incorporating grains into my suburban foodscape. Now, a few seasons later my novel approach has turned into a year-round obsession. In my new book, Gardening with Grains, you...

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Blooming Hydrangeas are more than a dream with these 7 tips - National Garden Bureau #hydrangeagardeningtips

Blooming Hydrangeas Guaranteed!

Backyard Habitat, Garden Planning & Design, Planting Tips

Getting the Blooming Hydrangeas of Your Dreams! Warm climate gardeners have been enjoying hydrangea flowers for several weeks. Cold climate gardeners, on the other hand, are just now seeing the buds and blooms on their bigleaf hydrangeas (macrophylla). Alas, however, some may not be seeing anything except either dead stems or live stems with no...

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Boost the Beauty of Your Spring Garden with Double Tulips

Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design, Planting Tips

Fall is my favorite time to plant. The soil is warm, the air is cooler, and I am traveling less. Each fall I add new spring-flowering bulbs to my garden. This year double tulips are at the top of the list. Consider doing the same and help celebrate the National Garden Bureau’s Year of the...

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12 plants for a fall harvest - National Garden Bureau #gardeningtips

Planting Now for a Fall Harvest!

Foodscaping, Planting Tips, Vegetables

Why Fall Plant... As you harvest your tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants, you might think your garden is winding down. But wait, there's more! You can start your planting now and reap a fall harvest all through the cool autumn season. Fall planting not only extends your garden season but also brings on those delicious crops that...

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5 Steps to Obtaining an “Almost” Maintenance Free Landscape

Planning and Design, Planting Tips

There is no such thing as a no-maintenance landscape... unless you literally just let it go and stay inside binge-watching the latest TV drama. Even if you have hundreds of acres you’re probably going to need to manage it in some way, and the same goes for garden beds around your house. Let’s explore some...

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“Falling” For Your Garden

Garden Planning & Design, Planting Tips

5 Fantastic Finds We found these fantastic blog posts to aid you with your Fall garden! From how to utilize those fallen leaves, to planting garlic and/or daffodils, to preserving the taste of the garden for winter or simply planning for next year, there is a lot to do in Fall! Feeding your garden soil: 12 creative ways...

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Tomato Talk – Let’s Grow This!

Container Gardening, Planting Tips, Vegetables

Tomato History: Tomatoes wild relatives originated in South America, most likely in the Andes Mountains, but the fruit was not cultivated by the Andean people. Instead, it traveled over 2,000 miles north of its center of origin to Central America where the pre-Mayan people grew and domesticated the plants, naming them xitomatl. Hernán Cortés and...

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April is National Garden Month!

Planting Tips

Back in the 1980’s, the National Garden Bureau worked with 23 cosponsoring national horticultural organizations to legislate National Garden Week, and in 1986 President Reagan signed the Proclamation. In 2002, the National Gardening Association resolved to extend the celebration to encompass the entire month of April. All gardeners know the innumerable benefits that gardening brings…

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Ten Cool Season Vegetables

Planting, Planting Tips, Seeds and Seed Starting, Vegetables

A wide variety of vegetables lends themselves to early spring planting because they do well or are tolerant of cooler weather. Because weather varies so much — areas can experience an “early” or “late” spring — it is unwise to put an exact starting date on when to sow. A rule of thumb is when…

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Planting Outdoors Victory Garden 2.0

Gardening with Grains

Blooming Hydrangeas Guaranteed!

Boost the Beauty of Your Spring Garden with Double Tulips

Planting Now for a Fall Harvest!

5 Steps to Obtaining an “Almost” Maintenance Free Landscape

“Falling” For Your Garden

Tomato Talk – Let’s Grow This!

April is National Garden Month!

Ten Cool Season Vegetables

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