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(With apologies to Douglas Adams) Every nurseryman I know got into the business because they had an affinity for plants; and therein lies one of the great paradoxes of our trade. The best plantsmen, the great plant explorers of our age and …
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These deer resistant perennial flowers are not foolproof but they're the best options we have. I think we should get the bad news out of the way first when it comes to deer resistant perennial flowers. And that is a hungry deer will eat …
Here's why I'm ditching Facebook for advanced garden content and using my own website instead. You see, I used to post every research and advanced gardening link on Facebook for readers to browse. But then Facebook got greedy. Over 5000 …
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These are the same nine gardening rules I used in my nursery and they’ve worked for over 40 years now. I’m Doug Green, a semi-retired nurseryman, and award-winning author who used to grow 1600 varieties of perennials and 600–800 varieties …
Free Downloads From Cornell While these tips on fruit trees etc are aimed at commercial growers, you can readily adapt the scale to the home backyard garden. Saving Seeds From Catastrophes This is an interesting post about the seed saving …
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Twice as many plants as animals have already gone extinct. When scientists talk about recent extinctions, birds and mammals get most of the attention. But the first global analysis of its kind finds that twice as many plants have disappeared than …
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