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Organic Grub ControlOrganically controlling grubs basically means a way of exterminating garden pests without using any chemicals that do more harm than good on the whole!
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Home-Grown Squash a Delight When Properly Tended and PreparedSummer squash comes in different shapes as do the so called winter squash varieties.
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Consider the Style of Garden You WantI always expect inquiries about small gardens, what to use about a patio, what is a formal garden and the lines of an informal garden, how to plant a small place, what to plant when you have lots of trees and dozens of other questions.
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Fall Ends Garden Growing SeasonGarden and orchard crops growing season ends in fall.
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The Shade Loving TreesShade trees are awesome. One does not fully appreciate the comfort, shelter and welcome breeze of a shade tree until they find themselves in a dessert.
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Medicinal Herb Gardening for BeginnersGrowing herbs in your own garden can be a great way to add flavor to your food, but did you know that your garden can offer health benefits as well?
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Using Newspapers for Weed ControlEco-friendly, delicate to nature, organic gardening, and having a "Green" green thumb, are all natural by products of your garden when you use newspapers to control weeds.
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Create a Woodland GardenA woodland garden is a delightful idea to add some life to the many neglected, less-treaded areas around our homes.
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Versatile, Beautiful: The Perennial CoreopsisCoreopsis is the name used for any one of more than 100 species of flowers, all belonging to the coreopsis genus (Order: Asterales, Family: Asteraceae) and derives its name from the Greek koris, meaning "bug", and opsis which means "like".
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Start a Garden and Retain Raised Flower Bed or WallIt is not necessary to possess a land of large dimensions to have a pretty garden. Small spaces when well planned can receive several species of plants to adorn it and flowers that will produce a special coloring during the entire year.
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Indoor, Outdoor Summer Insect and Pest ControlAs the weather heats up in the summer, so do the insects that seek refuge inside your home for suitable living environments and water.
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Why Climate and Weather Are Important Factors When GardeningGardening is a passion with many people and the plant varieties that a gardener can grow is greatly localized due to weather conditions in any said geographical area. Many plants thrive in certain climates while they cannot survive in unsuitable climates.
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Lawn and Landscaping: Making the Lawn an Important Part of Landscaping ChoicesHomeowners should decide what they intend having in the way of landscaping.
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Gardening Tips: Growing the Sunflower HelianthusInformation on the Sunflower Helianthus.
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Root Feeder Handy for Treating LocustsRemember the worms that chewed on the leaves of the honeylocusts around last year - and other years, too? They were mimosa webworms and their diet used to be confined to the mimosas when the locusts were growing far apart.
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Plants for Low Growing HedgesWinter or summer, the trim low-growing evergreen hedge can be a most worthwhile addition to the home landscape.
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Confusion Between Christmas and Thanksgiving CactiFew plants seem to create as much confusion as the Christmas and Thanksgiving cactus plants. Both common and botanical names commonly get interchanged. Both are closely related tropical cacti from Brazil.
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Late Summer Tomato Problems Gardeners Should Check ForIf the late start and wet weather of spring did not hamper tomato planting, those that are now in the garden should continue to grow and produce until frost. That is, unless some other problems develop that might interfere with their growth.
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Growing Eucalyptus TreesGrow Eucalyptus for a great source of beautiful flowers.
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Orchid Facts in HistoryIt may come as a surprise to most but orchid flowers are rich in history and beauty.
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Apricot Tree CareFlowering apricot problem is solved.
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Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana - The Golden Cypress TreeChamaecyparis lawsoniana, variety "Stewartii," is the also known Stewart Golden Cypress tree.
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The Cotoneaster PlantA Cotoneaster, believed to be C. henryana, is in the front garden of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pape. This cotoneaster is so colorful that a neighbor Mrs. Vivian Milford, called to tell us about it.
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Dwarf Oriental Arborvitae: The New Golden ThujaThuja orientalis "Westmont," is a new Golden dwarf arborvitae.
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Dwarf Apple Tree PlantingA dwarf Washington Red Delicious apple tree, grown in a space three and a half by three and a half feet behind an apartment, is the cherished plant of Mrs. E. R. Johnson.
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Tips on Growing Darwin Tulip "Eisenhower"The large, red, Darwin tulip "Eisenhower," grown in redwood planter boxes, these tulips grace the sunny, rear terrace of the Emil Stiefvater home.
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Growing a Tree PeonyA lovely, pink-flowered tree peony came as a gift to Mrs. Verona Saccullo, a couple of years ago. It was planted in the garden and cared for by her son Sam Saccullo. It has done so well in its new home that even the neighbors look forward to its blooming.
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Berry Plants Create a Winter Wonder Land of Your OwnWhen winter arrives, everything looks desolate and covered with snow. But that is not necessarily the way your garden should look.
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Bird Gardening - A PrimerBird gardening is the art of creating not only some beautiful surroundings for you and your family but also a haven for our feathered friends in your own yard.
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Herb Garden Plans and TipsThere is a multitude of reasons for growing herbs in your garden or in pots for closeup enjoyment.
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Banana Tree Varieties: The Musa ParadisiacaMusa paradisiaca seminifera, a banana tree 20 to 25 feet tall that is sporting a fine bloom, growing near the pool in the inside court of the Hillsdale Inn.
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Growing Bird of Paradise Plants - Strelitzia NicolaiStrelitzia Nicolai is a tender South African perennial known on the Peninsula as the "Giant Bird of Paradise."
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Tips on Growing Spirea PlantsInformation about the ten foot tall white spirea, the "Spirea prunifolia Plena."
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Eastern Bluebirds - Visitors to Your GardenOf all the birds native to our locality, the Eastern Bluebirds are the most beautiful.
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Bird Feeding StationsGet proper site for bird feeding.
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Magic Garden is Truly a WonderMillions of Americans have probably been pleasured by the grandeur of Arizona, but I think only a few have visited the Magic Garden at Glendale.
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The Royal Gold Climbing Rose"Royal Gold" is a large flowered climbing rose noted for its golden yellow coloring.
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Foundation Plants Tempt TermitesDon't open up a through way for termites while setting up or maintaining a foundation planting close to your home, as foundation planting can tempt termites.
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Juniperus Procumbens Nana - Japanese JuniperJuniperus procumbens nana is a variation of the Japanese juniper.
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When to Prune RosesThere are a few things that can be done before to start slashing at roses during the sunshiny hours of early January that will benefit the roses and make the pruning chore move more quickly.
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Papaver Nudicaule - The Iceland PoppyIceland poppies comes to me from Siberia. They are perennials so if you wish to grow some from seed be sure to look for them in the perennial section of your seed catalog.
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The Pink Cloud Cherry TreePrunus "Pink Cloud," is a flowering-cherry tree that was dug up out of one garden only to find a good home in another garden.
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How Often to Water Plants Without WasteThe light, "nuisance" sprinkle of rain early last Monday that soaked my morning newspaper but did little else, was a warning that the serious watering season was again at hand.
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Summer Flowers Give Color for EntertainingWhen summer is just around the corner, it is the time we want our gardens colorful for in summer the garden is the place most of us do our entertaining.
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Make Bark Mulch for Beauty, EconomyThe increasing use of bark for a mulch and a soil conditioner represents a practical environmental advance.
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Storing Garden ToolsThe shape in which you leave your garden tools in fall is the shape you will find them in come next spring.
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Shrubbery for LandscapingThe most important shrubs in your yard are those planted across the front of the house. Unfortunately, this is where many mistakes are made in landscaping a home.
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Siberian Elm Tree and Shade Tree Planting TipsWhen Elm was first introduced it was widely planted on streets, in parks and on home grounds.
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Use Blending Plant MaterialI'd like to start by reminding home gardeners, especially newcomers, that in landscaping your home, there are a few rules you should follow so that you can get the most from your investment, whether you do the job yourself or have it done professionally.
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California Native Shrubs and TreesThe native plants and trees of California provide the local gardener with a wide and varied selection of material for his garden.
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An Online Guide to Selecting RosesI would like to do as much as I can in this to help all home gardeners in the selection of roses which have proved to be most reliable.
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Low Growing Evergreen Shrubs - Daphne Collina "Neapolitana"Daphne Collina "Neapolitana" is a lovely, not too well-known evergreen shrub.
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Plant a Living Fence: Shrub and Bush FencesShrubs, bushes assist making best fencing.
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How to Plant Yellow OnionsI usually plants my onion sets in late November or early December. Those used for my 2009 harvest were planted in January of this year and the big mature onions were harvested the latter part of August.
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Caring for Cordyline Terminalis - Red Leaf DracaenaCordyline terminalis minima is one of the smallest of the red leaf dracaenas. I found this plant in the Lylal Nichols display at the west end of the ramp in the main hall of the Hall of Flowers.
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Coleus Information - Growing Coleus PlantsThe Coleus (pronounced kolee-us) is one of some ninety species of the mint family. It is a perennial but due to its leggy, unkempt took as it grows older it is usually grown as an annual.
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Planting Bare Root RosesWhen we are right into the big bare root planting season, I urge all you home gardeners, especially those of you who may be newcomers to this area, or beginners in gardening to plant your bare root roses properly.
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Growing Tulip Bulbs: Triumph Tulips and Darwins Supreme in Tulip FamilyTriumph tulips produce large blossoms on strong, stiff sterns which makes them still another class suitable for mass plantings in exposed situations.
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Fruit Tree PruningGood pruning depends to a great extent on having and using the right tools and having and keeping them sharp and clean.
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Growing PetuniasPetunias are one of the most satisfactory of annuals.
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Pruning Ornamental Trees and ShrubsIt's time to give the ornamental plants in the garden a careful pruning to make them more attractive and better fitted to the space they hold in the garden.
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Growing Kiwi Vines: Actnidia ChinensisInfo about Actinidia chinensis, the New Zealand "Kiwi" vine.
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Bulb PlantingWhen the soil is much too warm for planting, it's time to buy bulbs.
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Gardening Gift IdeasHere are good suggestions for friends who garden.
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Sarcococca: A Rare and Unusual PlantI dropped into the City Hall just for the pleasure of smelling the fragrance of the Sarcococca, planted on the shady side of the building near one of the entrances.
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Photinia Serrulata Plant: The Chinese PhotiniaMy photinia is a beautiful specimen plant approximately 50 years old.
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The Pyracantha Plant: Care and Maintenance Tips"Shawnee" is the answer to the many requests for a heavily berried yellow or orange fruited pyracantha by gardeners and home owners who find red does not fit into their color schemes.
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Proper Garden Maintenance AdviceMoving into mid-June garden maintenance takes on a new interest: that of proper maintenance.
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Growing Bradford Pear TreesThe Bradford ornamental pear, a thornless seedling selection, was developed from the Gallery pear (Pyrus calleryana), a wild species found growing in China by a U.S. Department of Agriculture plant explorer.
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Azaleas and Camellias: Winter Garden FavoritesIf you are a doubting Thomas as to the similarity between the fall season and spring, you need only to visit nurseries this week. You may find blooming specimens of two spring standbys: camellias and azaleas.
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Choosing a Tree To Plant in Your YardA drive through a new residential area will point-up the importance of tree. How different things look without trees not only the lack of them at streetside but their absence in and about the garden reflects a barren unsettle look to any new neighborhood.
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How Carefree Conifers Can Enhance A LandscapeWhether you're seeking a low-growing fill-in for a particular garden spot, or die looking for replacements for larger landscape shrubs, certain conifers are excellent candidates.
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Landscape Planting: Stick to the Reliables for Basic EffectConsidering the average home, I have always felt that if the basic planting is undertaken following serious pre-planning, the outcome is usually very rewarding and will be the foundation upon which the entire garden will be built.
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Planning a Rose Garden: The Best Roses to GrowHere is a list what I believe to be the 10 best roses for gardens but after checking my statistics gathered during the past two years I am going to up my prognosis to the 12 best roses for gardens.
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The Magnolia SoulangeanaKnow the Two early-flowering deciduous Magnolias of the Soulangeana group.
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Paris Daisy - The White MargueriteChrysanthemum frutescens, the common and very popular white Marguerite, is a perennial in most Peninsula gardens, also known as Paris Daisy.
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Let Garden Proclaim the Holiday SeasonThroughout the years I have been urging homeowners to plan their landscaping so that certain shrubs would stand out conspicuously at different seasons of the year, especially during Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year holidays.
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Christmas Rose PlantSome odd things about the Christmas rose.
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Grow a Dish GardenEvery "dish garden" should have design. Because it is a miniature garden all its own, a dish garden may have the look of any type garden you wish.
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Growing Dwarf Fruit TreesI don't believe that dwarf fruit trees will ever equal the regular trees in fruit production or any other way but I think there is a place for them in the garden.
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Plants Particularly Appropriate for Easter Gift GivingEaster has always been a special time for plant gifts.
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Winter Gardening AdviceGarden advice for winter gardening.
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Flowers for Hot, Dry GardensHeat and dryness are not necessarily complimentary. Two prime examples of contradiction are Portland which is hot and wet, whereas Manchester is cool yet dry.
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Tuberous Begonia BulbsThe Tuberous Begonias are typical of those to be found in well-tended gardens all over the Peninsula.
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Virginia Creeper VinesThe Parthenocissus quinquefolia is the popularly known Virginia Creeper. This creeper, which turns a deep red in the fall, can be used as a hedge.
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Fraxinus Holotricha - the Moraine Ash TreeThe Moraine Ash is a moderately rapid grower that adds a mass of yellow color to the fall color scene before the leaves dry up and fall out of sight in the ground cover.
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Gardening Tips and TechniquesMagnolias are considered spring flowering trees.
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Arachis Hypogaea - Peanuts You Can GrowAsk your friends if they like Arachis (ar-a-kis), and probably most of them won't know. Arachis is the genus name for peanuts. Chances are they'll recognize goobers or ground nuts as peanuts.
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Spraying or Boron Dressing Controls Alfalfa YellowingQuite often, many of our alfalfa fields turn yellow and growth is stunted. There is something that can be done about it, and without much expense, too.
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Keeping Your Yard Critter-FreeDon't succumb to the temptation to buy one of those "humane' traps the folks down the block have been using to catch pesty wildlife and carry it over to the nearest forest preserve.
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Tree and Shrub CareA guide to shrub and tree planting.
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Garden Chores: Protection, Labeling and StakingThis article is intended primarily for beginning gardeners. We'll look briefly at three of these activities: labeling, staking and protection.
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Light for Indoor GardeningA new leaf just appeared on your peperomia plant and you feel like a proud parent. Since the day you brought it home from the nursery you've watered, misted, fed and loved it - and at last your efforts are paying off.
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Grow an Avocado Tree from SeedThe alligator pear is the common name of persea americana, the avocado. The edible avocado has been greatly improved from those native to tropical America, depending upon the place of origin such as Guatemala, Mexico and the West Indies.
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Garden Planting PlansI am expected to make growing life easier for today's new breed of garden buff. So I am going to give you the not-so-secret magic practices you can follow to have both a good-looking yard and bountiful garden with as little stress and strain as possible.
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Pasture Soil TestingYour pasture ground may need a soil test now.
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Preparing the Garden SoilIt's an old saying that "a thing of beauty is a joy forever."
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Miniature GardensTerrariums are glass containers of various shapes and sizes (including brandy snifters) with plants growing in them.
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Caring for Dutch Iris BulbsThe world loves Dutch iris for its exuberance and cheer so symbolic of spring. All winter our most pleasant dreams of the coming of spring are built around the certainty of the splendors that the colorful Dutch iris will bring to the garden.
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Planting Easter LilyLearn how to plant Easter lilies in your garden. The right way.
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Basic Gardening TipsThere are several primary tree uses strictly for landscape beauty. They can be used for a backdrop effect, to break a wide expanse of lawn, to eliminate the flat look of the front house wall, or for partial screening of a front porch.
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Father's Day Gardening Gift IdeasFather's Day is a good chance to show your deep affection for the man who works so hard to make life easier for you.
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Soil Preparation for Vegetable GardenPreparation of the soil for vegetables is the most important step in vegetable growing. It is much more important than the planting depth of the seed or the spacing of the young plants, although these are important, too.
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Deciduous Plants Need Winter PruningAlmost every type of deciduous plant from small shrub to tree needs to be pruned during its leafless or dormant state.
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Weed Control in LawnsGet weeds while they're small.
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How to Grow Bedding PlantsThere are always same gardeners who would like to purchase all of their bedding plants. The trouble is that in all of the years I was in the nursery business I never found a wholesaler who could furnish us all of the kinds of bedding plants I wanted.
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Tips For Planting a Flower GardenSplendid flowers in your own garden, grown by you, are a distinct possibility in summer. Don't scoff and dismiss the idea with a quick shake of the head. "Never. Not in my garden," you may say, but people in the flower business would have to disagree.
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Peat Moss Soil AmendmentMost successful gardeners these days have learned that there are many new methods and materials as well as new varieties of plants that help in achieving a beautiful and bounty a garden.
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Growing Wisteria TreesThey look like small navy beans, but their color is mocha and they shine with almost a metallic luster.
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Plants with Gray FoliageGardeners who grow them find the many gray foliaged shrubs and plants mighty useful.
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Best Annual Flowers for Colorful EdgingLet us consider the best annuals for colorful edging, as making the right selections and their proper use makes a heap of difference in your landscape pattern and garden beauty in winter and early spring.
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Rock Garden IdeasRock gardening is an interesting and never ending hobby for many home gardeners. First, there is the problem of designing and building the garden. This is quite important, as the garden has to remain for a long time.
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Microclimates - Wraparound Cool WeatherThe old adage that "everyone talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it" no longer rings so true.
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Flowering Shrubs and TreesFlowering trees and shrubs add loveliness to the garden all year long. They will give you delightful and colorful bloom, provide shade for the hot summer and when you plant fruit trees, will give you a generous harvest in the fall.
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Zucchinis: 'Yellow Thumb' DelightFor a number of years I was convinced that I possessed a yellow thumb. By that I mean that almost every green growing thing I touched turned pale, wilted and languished into early demise.
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Green Beans: Among a Garden's Most Popular, Tasty VegetablesBy far one of the most popular, productive and tasty vegetables that can be grown in fall gardens in Texas are green beans.
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Marigold Plant: Growing Marigold VarietiesMarigolds are certainly one of the most popular flowers, and they are among the easiest to grow. While they do have a rather pungent odor, there are some varieties without scent. This in no way, however, spoils their beauty in a garden.
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Rotation Helps Curb NematodesOne means of controlling nematodes would be with chemicals as commercial growers do, but the most common chemicals are not available to the home gardener because of the hazards involved in their use.
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Pre-Potted Amaryllis Bulbs for Convenience GardensConvenience foods are one thing, but convenience plants? Well, that's exactly what I would call one of the pre-potted, all-you-add-is-water hybrid amaryllis bulbs available from local plant shops or by mail.
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Spring Bedding Plants for Summer BloomThe top favorite bedding plants for summer bloom are petunias, vinca rosea, ageratum and zinnias. They perform in arid summer and spring climate, resistance to insects and diseases, and continuous bloom and color in the garden make them widely popular.
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Redwood Garden Shelter: Garden Projects PlansDo-it-yourselfers are digging into more home gardening projects than ever before. For green thumbing or outdoor living in general, a redwood garden shelter can make a graceful and practical multi-purpose outdoor room in your back yard.
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Growing Camellias: Types of CamelliasOctober is camellia time in gardens where the sasanqua, the delicate beauty of the camellia clan, is growing - soon to be followed by japonicas and reticulates, all prized possessions in small or large gardens.
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Dahlia Care: Dahlia TubersPreparation of our dahlia tubers for their winter resting period.
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Growing Plants from SeedSome grocery items take root in homes.
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Here's a Sample Way to Backyard GardeningWhat's behind the popularity of vegetable gardening? Whether it's inflation, or nostalgia, or just a yearning for the honest-to-goodness taste of home-grown vegetables, you're probably toying with the idea of becoming a backyard gardener yourself.
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Backyard Vegetable Garden PlansThose folks whose homes are confined on small city lots sometimes hesitate to undertake a backyard vegetable patch, figuring that they simply don't have enough ground available to make it worthwhile.
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Planning a Backyard GardenThere are numerous occasions when, for one reason or another, a homeowner decides to turn a portion of his lawn into a flowerbed or a vegetable patch.
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How to Plant LiliesFor many years, the rumor persisted that lilies were hard to grow, but this is true only of a few varieties.
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Houseplants Require More Water in WinterAs the colder weather sets in and the furnaces in our houses are going, the air in our homes tends to become dryer and dryer. This is not good for most of us, nor for most of our plants, many of which require high humidity.
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Grow Cut FlowersIt is disappointing to take the trouble to cut and arrange a beautiful bouquet of flowers, only to have them droop almost immediately or after only a day.
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Seedlings Help Cut Plant CostsMore and more backyard gardeners are growing their own seedlings. The reasons are many. It's less expensive to grow your own plants.
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Flowers Will Keep You Cool on Hot Summer DaysIf you have a hot spot in your house that could use a bit of cooling down for the summer.
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Spring Vegetable VarietiesAlong with bright catalogs booklets comes the temptation to order all sorts of things, especially the new introductions. Sometimes it is better to check notes made on previous crops before ordering something new.
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Layering Important in Making Compost HeapsBefore the cold winds of winter whistle down out, beautiful weather encourages clean up chores.
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Get the Most Out of Your GardenThere are practices that gardeners must use if they expect a good harvest. One of the most important is fertilizers - high fertility brings good yields.
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Gloxinia Plants like Ample LightIf you have experienced any success at all with African violets, it is likely that you will do well with another exotic blooming plant, the gloxinia, since their requirements are quite similar.
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Growing Bulbs in WaterA good way to beat the doldrums of winter months indoors is to grow some fragrant spring bulbs in water - yes in water!
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Garden Clean UpThere are many good reasons for doing a thorough cleanup of your garden during the fall before you pack in the outdoor green thumb for the year.
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Growing Cacti - Care for CactiBeautiful, healthy cacti can add a bit of the desert to your home - with proper care.
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How to Plant Tulip BulbsAmong the earliest harbingers of spring is the gay and colorful tulip, which seems even more beautiful because it heralds the end of the drab late winter period.
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The Advantage of Buying a Living TreeKnow the advantages of buying a living tree.
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Facts About Evergreen TreesAmong the more prominent features of moat well-landscaped homes is at least one or two evergreen plantings and there is a wide variety of them in terms of sue, shape and even color.
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Poinsettia Plants - the Flowers of the Holy NightsA charming legend tells the story of the origin of the poinsettia.
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Garden Beginners Should Start Off SmallIf you're not planting a garden this year, may the tomatoes you buy at the supermarket be tasteless and rubbery.
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Background of the Third Gulf WarOn 28 February 1991 the Kuwait war (Operation Desert-Storm - Desert Saber) ended with an armistice dictated to Iraq by the US-led United Nations coalition.
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Gulf War Military History - The Iran Iraq WarThe Iranian attack opened on 30 March 1994 with an assault by the Amphibious Task Force (Brigadier General Amin Sha-ban) on Al Faw island.
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Gulf War - Iran Iraq War: Gulf War Operations - the Battle of Al KutOn 10 Apri, 1994 the Iraqi l Republican Guards Corps began a counterattack in a desperate attempt to regain the initiative.
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Gulf War - Iran Iraq War: International ReactionThe initial international reaction to the war was ambivalent. Neither of the opponents had a high standing in the international community and opinion was divided regarding a desired outcome of the conflict.
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Gulf War - Iran Iraq War: Iraqi ReactionThe situation presented to the Iraqi high command at the end of three days was critical. Three major Iranian columns were advancing to the north-west in the Tigris-Euphrates valley. -
Gulf War Military History - Iran Iraq WarThe initial Iranian attack in the central sector was made by the Second Army.
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Gulf War: The Deployment of Iraqi and Iranian ForcesThe sudden outbreak of war found much of the Iraqi Army deployed as an internal police force.
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The Gulf War: Infiltration by Iranian Special ForcesIranian special forces teams began slipping into southern Iraq sometime in January 1994. The exact date that operations began has not, to this date, been revealed by Iran. -
Gulf War StatisticsThe human and material losses of the Iraqi Army in the Kuwait war were enormous.
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Gulf War - Background to the WarBy the end of March 1991 the Kurdish and Shiite insurrections in Iraq had been brutally suppressed.