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Autumn is for planting seeds to extend your garden

Autumn Is for Planting: Seed Starting for a Fall Garden

Vegetables
It’s about Time to Get Started on Your Fall Garden. While it’s viable to find starts at the local farmer’s market, or the nearby hardware store, nothing is more rewarding than starting your entire garden from seed. That’s why we’ve decided to put all those preparations in one place – right here! We’ll discuss what...
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Dahlia Types Explained - Learn more about Dahlias - National Garden Bureau

Dahlia Types Explained

Flower Gardening
Let's Talk About Dahlias Dahlias are becoming increasingly popular in landscapes and make excellent additions to border plantings, flowerpots, and cut-flower gardens. They flower continuously from summer through the first frost and will bloom prolifically if spent flowers are removed regularly. They do best in full sun and prefer well-drained sandy soils but will tolerate...
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Those Intriguing Plant Names- Thereby Hangs a Tale - Grow A Garden with Animal Plant Names - National Garden Bureau

Those Intriguing Plant Names- Thereby Hangs a Tale

Kid's Gardening
Now, Roy and Joy had often dozed, through their weekly class in botany; I’m afraid they were wrongly inclined to think -that botany meant monotony. But the sight botanic they now beheld- would have awakened a sleeping possum! For every plant had an animal name and a living animal blossom ! ——- The Animal Garden...
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Fall In Love with Container Gardening - National Garden Bureau

Fall In Love With Container Gardening: 5 Great Reasons

Container Gardening
Container gardening, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Here are five great reasons to give container gardening a try: Beginning gardeners Plant Anywhere Architectural Interest Simplify maintenance Accessibility Additional points 1. Container gardening provides a baby step for the beginning gardener. The idea of gardening appeals to many people but sometimes...
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Grow Your Own Cut Flowers for Beautiful Bouquets

Beautiful Bouquets from Your Cut Flower Garden

Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design
Is there anything lovelier than a beautiful bouquet of homegrown blooms? Whether you adore the sweet scent of spring narcissus, the vibrant colors of easy-to-grow zinnias, or the charming cheerfulness of sunflowers, growing your own cutting garden provides the perfect way to enjoy fabulous flowers throughout the year—with garden-to-vase arrangements. But not all flowers make...
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Gardening Simplified: Time-Saving, Practical Products - National Garden Bureau

Gardening Simplified: Time-Saving, Practical Products

How-to
Everyone loves a beautiful garden. Fabulous fragrance perfumes paths, cheerful flowers, and gorgeous foliage decorate landscapes, and homegrown tomatoes delight taste buds. But wow…it’s a lot of work! Those pristine plantings mean that a gardener worked hard to make the landscape look effortless. Planting, weeding, watering, feeding…a beautiful garden takes time and effort. Fortunately, many...
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Pollinator Predicament: What happens when the birds and bees can't do it? - National Garden Bureau

Pollinator Predicament:

Pollinator Gardening
What happens when the birds and bees can’t do it? When it comes to birds, bees, plants, and pollination, timing truly is everything. And, in the Rocky Mountains, where short summers dictate extreme synchronicity, the timing is off. Less snow and earlier springs may be a blessing for those of us who tire of winter...
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