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Rice hulls are one of the most sustainable soil amendments available to gardeners. When properly applied, they improve soil drainage, water-holding capacity, and aeration. See the article above to learn the right way to use rice hulls in your garden.
How to Use Rice Hulls in Your Garden
Rice hulls are one of the most sustainable soil amendments available to gardeners. When properly applied, they improve soil drainage, water-holding capacity, and aeration. See the article above to learn the right way to use rice hulls in your garden.
Everyone laments the loss of privacy in our lives these days. But that's only because we've forgotten an old but still powerful tool for creating it: the secret gardens. We teach you how to grow a secluded garden sanctuary in the article above.
How to Create Your Own Secret Garden
Everyone laments the loss of privacy in our lives these days. But that's only because we've forgotten an old but still powerful tool for creating it: the secret gardens. We teach you how to grow a secluded garden sanctuary in the article above.
There’s really nothing very special about straw bale gardening, except for the fact that a straw bale garden makes growing plants and produce hassle-free!
How to Grow a Straw Bale Garden
There’s really nothing very special about straw bale gardening, except for the fact that a straw bale garden makes growing plants and produce hassle-free!
Mini-meadows can draw beneficial insects from miles around. In these small plots, woodland violets, spring beauties, daisy fleabanes, and dandelions take precedence over Kentucky bluegrass and Zoysia. See the article above and learn how to grow a mini-meadow in your backyard!
Why and How You Should Start a Mini-Meadow in Your Backyard
Mini-meadows can draw beneficial insects from miles around. In these small plots, woodland violets, spring beauties, daisy fleabanes, and dandelions take precedence over Kentucky bluegrass and Zoysia. See the article above and learn how to grow a mini-meadow in your backyard!
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A Beginner's Guide to the Principles of Garden Design
Garden design might sound like a difficult subject -- but it isn't. We lay out the fundamentals for the amateur gardener in the article above!
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Learn How to Create Your Own English Cottage Garden
The essential design elements of the English cottage garden probably began to take firm shape in the Middle Ages. While this particular design theme has evolved over the centuries, you can still add a little “Old English” to your own garden by replicating some of its defining characteristics. We’ll tell you how in this article
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7 Edible and Nutritious Weeds You'll Find in Your Backyard
We may not know it, but a yard overrun by weeds is often full of food – mostly edible greens. Many of these “nuisance” plants are actually wild cousins of the greens we buy in supermarkets. This article tells you which varieties of garden weeds make for good, healthy eating!
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Grow Your Own French Tarragon
French chefs use the herb promiscuously in salads, fish, egg, and chicken dishes. A small sprinkling eases the saltiness of lobster and allows fresh scallops to find a rare and subtle sweetness. There’s a whole gamut of reasons why you should grow your own French tarragon. We’ll show you how.
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How to Make Cute Concrete Planters
Now here’s a cute, easy concrete project for beginners! These adorable DIY concrete planters are great fun to have on the worktable, dining table, coffee table, or by the kitchen window! Click on the article to learn how to make some for your office or home now.
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Grow Your Own Chamomile Flowering Lawn
The tradition of herbal lawns goes back at least to the medieval period. Because such lawns require minimal care and watering, more and more homeowners are now using them to replace resource-hogging grass lawns. In this article, we share tips on how to start and maintain an apple-scented Chamomile lawn.
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Slow Gardening: Learn a Rock n’ Roll Approach to Green Living
The slow gardening method takes its name from the Slow Food movement, whose adherents believe in using local ingredients harvested in an environmentally responsible way. Simply put, the doctrine calls for gardeners to relax, take their time, and follow nature’s flow and rhythm. In this article, we outline the basic principles behind this mindful and environmentally-friendly way to grow your own food.
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How to Build a Garden Hose Storage with Planter
Since your garden hose is an essential component of your gardening arsenal, why not provide proper storage for it in your backyard? We’ve got step-by-step instructions for a clever and beautiful solution in this DIY garden hose storage and planter in one!
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Perennial Dream: How to Grow Hellebores
Are you thinking about growing hellebores? The different varieties of hellebore tout a magnificent range of flower colors, making them a wonderful addition to any garden. In this article we share a few basic growing tips for novice gardeners who want to grow this outstanding perennial.
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Grow Your Own Strawberries
Who doesn’t like strawberries? They are available in just about every supermarket and they are delicious. But if you want the best tasting strawberries, you’ll have to grow your own. Here’s how
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Grow Your Own Morning Glory Flowers
In nature’s magnificent show, the morning glory undergoes costume changes like no other floral diva. With normal fluctuations in pH levels, its petals will shift color from blue to pink, and sometimes red, in the course of a single day. Here’s how to grow morning glories in your backyard!