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| 0 | An enchanted bohemian retreat...is filled with wild beauty -- aloe groves, bellflowers and ferns, a chaotic flurry of evergreen shrubs and vines. Wind chimes, glittering beads and Moroccan lanterns hang with pleasing randomness from trees and windows. Bells dangle from doors. The aroma... |
| 0 | Grow in knowledge as you grow plants...the book "Grow Organic," can be heard from 7-9 a.m. Sundays on KDKA Radio's "The Organic Gardeners." You can also find her teaching at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, where she has been a faculty member for more than 12 years.""Question: I'm ne... |
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| 0 | Jessica Damiano: How to mulch -- and how not to...delicate roots."" But what is mulch? It's simply a generic term that applies to any ground covering that serves the above purposes. It can be made of a solid fabric or plastic sheet, shredded bark, leaves (except oak), wood chips, pine needles, grass... |
| 0 | Richard Poffenbaugh: Growing great onions isn't as difficult as ......to prepare soil in fall and add plenty of compost. Before spring planting, rake in complete fertilizer into bed or rows. Onions flourish in a raised bed because of loose, fertile soil and excellent drainage. Also, a raised bed warms up faster in the sprin... |
| 0 | Handpicked: Pros' iris choices transcend garden-variety flora...irises, distinguished by a "beard" of fuzzy caterpillar hairs on their downturned petals, grow from rhizomes, potato-like roots, planted and divided in July or August."" and dry feet. The top of the rhizome must stay above soil. Otherwise it may rot or th... |
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| 0 | Joy of gardening...a Master Gard-ener, offers comments below that will help you have a successful gardening experience."" Vegetable gardening can save you some money at the grocery store as well as being a fun project. Gardening does not require a lot of expensive tools or... |
| 0 | Time to begin work in garden is here...cold-weather vegetables,? Meyer said. ??Also, any of those can also make very good choices for container gardening. Probably the most important thing to remember when container gardening is to mulch the top of the container to help retain more... |
| 0 | My gardening is my therapy?...winter flowering cherry tree takes pride of place in her front garden along with a bed of hellebore plants and an amazing 36 different varieties of snowdrops.""?I don?t know what it is about snowdrops but I adore them and can never resist buying a new... |
| 0 | RHS advice for the garden...each year; the plants are productive for three years.""To encourage the production of tender heads, mulch with a 2in-3in layer of well-rotted organic matter. Protect new growth from slug and snail damage. Watch out for aphids.""Apply a proprietary spring... |
| 0 | PLANT PROFILE: VIOLA...Culture: Purchase blooming plants with a healthy root system. Plant in full sun in fertile, humus-rich soil. Water regularly and fertilize at time of planting with a 20-20-20 water-soluble fertilizer. Water and mulch up to the crown of the plant with pine... |
| 0 | The original eco yard tool...to hold water and tough enough to resist damage as you shovel out topsoil or mulch.""Before you buy a wheelbarrow, stop for a minute. You may not really want one at all. If the main thing you move around your property is topsoil, mulch, transplants and... |
| 0 | Lakeside properties a shore thing...or damaging it.""""By collaborating with experts in rural matters, we are helping to preserve the landscape and encouraging wildlife here."""We are designing an environment which is both ecologically sound and breathtakingly beautiful, not just managed by... |
| 0 | More good gardening products...the ground. As they decompose, they feed the plant and enrich the soil. And unlike peat moss, from which peat pots are made, cow manure is a highly renewable resource!""Much of the water used outside to irrigate lawns and landscapes is wasted due to... |
| 0 | Iris bucharica: How to grow...flowers with rhizomatous roots, but there are a sizeable number that have bulbs rather than rhizomes. ""Of these, the varieties of Iris reticulata are the best known, and perhaps the best loved, since they begin to flower in February before anything excep... |
| 0 | BEST OF THE BUNCH: Magnolia...where I live, thanks to the acid soil, although there are types which will withstand alkaline soil including M grandiflora, M stellata and M sieboldii. They must be planted where they have room to grow without being pruned, so that their graceful shape is... |
| 0 | Calendar: Park Cities home tour and more...feature water-conserving and insect- and disease-resistant plants. Free classes include Texas Superstars at 10 a.m., Container Gardening at 11 a.m. and Rainwater Harvesting at noon. Class space is limited. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 19. Texas A&M University a... |
| 0 | How to use old pallets in your garden...for some raised beds.""The gap between the two boards will allow some interesting uses for companion planting. I can put tomatoes in the main bed, and carrots or marigolds can line around the outside. Or strawberries in the middle and garlic around the... |
| 0 | Ready, set, plant! April is the time for Summer Veggies...dry and crusty by gently loosening the surface and sprinkling half an inch of fine mulch every few weeks.""Cucumbers aren't as fussy about irrigation. But the mild, crispy types grow best with heat, too. In cooler temperatures, they'll take longer to... |
| 0 | Selecting The Best Long Blooming Shrubs For Your Garden...("" will continue to delight gardeners with their fragrant flowers that continue until frost. Most hardy to Zone 9, the plants are evergreen in much of the country and semi-evergreen through Zone 6 adding lasting color. "" or blue-mist shrub (Caryopteris... |
| 0 | Experience the pleasure of harvesting your own vine-ripened tomatoes...diseases.""Begin by using a high-quality mix containing peat moss and perlite, and then add a complete fertilizer such as a dry organic product or a controlled-release type. The best way to water vegetables in pots is with drip irrigation, automatically... |
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