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And there are a few things you can do to help Mother Nature The soil is too wet A soil that holds excessive moisture over the winter will rot plant crowns. A winter that has a great …
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Overwintering water lilies isn’t all that difficult. There is only one major rule you have to remember, don’t freeze them. They might survive freezing, but the odds are that they …
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One of the things that many home gardeners use netting for is frost protection (but not insect control) but there is increasing use of fine netting in Europe that we can learn from here in our home …
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There have been a few questions about perennial flower garden bed or soil preparation and maintenance. In short, "how do we do this?" And like all things in my garden-world, there is a simple way …
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There are two different points of view on whether to cut back perennials in the fall or whether to leave them alone. Cut Them Back And Remove Them From The Garden This leaves the garden …
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One of the interesting things in the vegetable garden is the existence of "trap plants" we can use to both attract and identify pest infestations as a form of companion planting. We say these …
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