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1)   Starting a Container Garden
Container gardens are the ideal solution for people who enjoy gardening but simply have little to no space. With this type of garden, you have the opportunity to plant a wonderful selection of vegetables and flowers, but instead of using land outside, you use small containers. Obviously, for individuals living in apartments, city dwellers, or homes without outside yard space where only a small balcony or patio is available, a container garden makes perfect sense.
article tags: home garden, garden design, flower gardens, organic gardening, hydroponics gardening, indoor gardening, rose, container, vegetable

2)   Coneflower or Echinacea - the best thing for your bed
There are few things more exciting for gardeners at this time of year than dreaming of new plants. I’ll focus on a few of the better plants in the next few weeks but let’s start with the best example of new breeding. Our old North American native friend Echinacea or purple coneflower is really letting loose this coming spring. The work of several major plant-breeding houses is coming to the market and while the plants will be expensive, they are wonderful.
article tags: echinacea, coneflower, perennial flowers

3)   Organically Speaking...
Organically Speaking...
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4)   Indoor Gardening With Foliage Plants
Plants grown primarily for their leaf characteristics and utilized for interior decoration or landscape purposes are called foliage plants. As our society becomes more urban, living plants as part of the interior landscape increases. The use of live foliage plants brings individuals closer to an outdoor type of environment, and the large variety of plants gives us the opportunity to select species that will serve as attractive additions to interior decor.
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5)   All About Foliar Feeding African Violets
What is Foliar Feeding? Foliar feeding the application of fertilizer to the leaves of plants rather than to the roots. Foliar feeding can be a powerful stimulant to plant growth as leaves take up to 95% of the nutrients in the fertilizer. Root feeding takes up much less. Why Foliar Feed? There are many instances when foliar feeding is very beneficial: .
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6)   Excellent May Gardening Tips
May in Southwestern New Mexico & west Texas can be hot, dry and/or windy. Take precautions to make sure all watering systems are working at their best. Use Cypress mulch to help keep roots insulated from the HOT sun. This helps keep moisture in the root zone as well as the keeping weeds down to a minimum. Lantana, red bird of paradise, Oleander, and other winter damaged plants may be emerging at this time.
article tags: gardening, southwestern garden, greenhouse, may gardening tips.

7)   Garden Composting Tips- The Art of Composting
Even a composting neophyte can create top-notch compost with the right recipe. Akin to cooking, composting is half art, and half science. Awareness of these basic factors will help you getting started. Just like a chef demands high quality ingredients, successful composting needs the best ingredients too. Good materials for composting include these: grass clippings, leaves, plant stalks, hedge trimmings, old potting soil, twigs, vegetable scraps, coffee filters, and tea bags.
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8)   Easy Steps to Composting
It is becoming more and more obvious these days that we need to recycle as much as we can, and anyone with a garden has a head start and can make a great contribution. To many novice gardeners, including myself, this subject can be somewhat difficult to grasp; but in fact it is really straightforward - there are just a few very simple rules: You need.
article tags: garden, gardening, beginner, new, compost, plants, recycle

9)   How to Grow Flowering Dogwood Trees from Seed
Flowering Dogwood trees can be easily grown from seed, however 99.9999% of the seedlings that sprout will be Cornus Florida, which is White Flowering Dogwood. It doesn’t matter if you collect the seeds from a White Dogwood or a Pink Dogwood, the seedlings are likely to be white. The only predictable way to grow a Pink Dogwood, Red Dogwood, or one of the beautiful Dogwoods with variegated leaves, is to bud or graft the desired variety onto a White Dogwood seedling.
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10)   Fertilizing to Create More Blossoms on Your Flowers, Flowering Shrubs and Trees
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11)   Safety Steps For Riding Lawn Tractors
Lawn tractors are probably the most powerful tool you might offer to any garden. They are the best solution for advanced landscapers. Lawn tractors will help those people who don’t have much time to take care of their large lawns. Among many other features, they are reliable, efficient, extremely fast as well as really easy to drive, getting a lot of fun while working, what else do you need?.
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12)   Easy Does It With Robotic Lawn Mowers
Everything is automated nowadays. Seems like every manufacturer’s aim in innovating a product is to make it all faster and simpler. Surprisingly, robot mowers have been around for a few years now. You thought that mowing the lawns was a breeze after those industrial machines came out right? Well, those became obsolete with the appearance of these intelligent robotic lawn mowers.
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13)   The Garden Beckons
The crocus is almost ready to peek through the partly snow- covered ground. It won’t be long now and the earth will bring out a burst of colors to herald the beauty of Spring as Nature wakes up from its winter slumber. It’s that time of the year when gardeners can hardly wait for the snow to disappear from the ground. The balmy weather these past few days started to melt some of the snow revealing the brown color of the grass.
article tags: gardening ideas, soil, color, budget preparing your garden

14)   Gazebos Add Style To Any Landscape
A gazebo can be a wonderful addition to a backyard landscape, adding an aesthetic appeal as well as a comfortable relaxation spot. If you are thinking about adding a gazebo to your backyard decor, you will want to consider the location where you plan to place your new structure. Gazebo location is going to depend to a large extent on what you are planning to use your gazebo for.
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15)   Unusual Daffodil Stories
Stories about flowers always interest me and those about daffodils are particularly interesting. Did you know that if you keep chickens, you may not want to bring daffodils into the house. An old saying in Herfordshire U.K. tells us that if you bring daffodils inside when the hens are sitting, no chicks will be born alive. The opposite of this in Devon, says that the number of goslings that will be hatched and reared is the same as the number of daffodil flower stems that are brought into the house in the first bouquet of the year.
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16)   Marvellous May Plant Colour
Many plants vie for my attention during the month of May. Here are four of my favourites. Cornus alternifolia “Argenta” Cornus alternifolia “Argenta” is commonly known as the “Variegated pagoda dogwood”. Originating in Asia, its common name relates to its shape which resembles a sacred tower in China. This large deciduous shrub or small tree can have ultimate height of 3 metres (9ft); with a spread of approx 2 metres (6ft).
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17)   Let Life and Energy Flow from the Garden
Gardening offers a visual experience that can open the portals to the emotions, to the psyche and to the senses. It’s also inspirational. A garden is more than an array of colors and scents. Given a chance, a garden offers relaxation,a place to contemplate and a place to heal. A garden is a bridge between our inner world and the outside world. The sight of a garden on the way out, provides a smooth transition as you greet the outside world.
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18)   How to make your landscape look good.
There is no doubt that when landscaping one wants to save money, as well as have an attractive property. Not only can landscaping help you beautify your home, but it can also provide a source of satisfying exercise in the fresh air. When you take care of your yard on your own, it is possible to save money and to improve your physical conditioning. But if the landscape turns out to look bad, then that is so much time and money wasted.
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19)   Transplanting Deciduous Shrubs
Shrubs to be transplanted from a natural stand or from one part of a yard or garden to another are most safely taken with a ball of earth on the roots. The size of the ball will vary with the size of the plant. The average shrub should be transplanted with a ball of earth about one half the spread of the branches. This is simple enough for plants growing in a clay or clay loam soil.
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20)   How to Grow Ornamental Grasses
Ornamental grasses have become extremely popular in the past ten years or so, and if you buy them at a garden center they are kind of pricey. Learning how to grow them yourself is actually quite easy. They can be grown from seed, but I won’t pretend to be an expert at that for several reasons. One, I don’t know anything about growing them from seed, and two, I have no desire to propagate them from seed because seedlings require too much care.
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21)   New Garden Phlox
One of the backbone plants in the perennial garden is the mid to late summer tall Phlox paniculata or tall garden Phlox. One of the newest varieties to get to your local garden centre is ‘Goldmine’. Aptly named because it will bring a rush of visitors to your garden with its bright magenta purple flowers held firmly above green and gold variegated leaves.
article tags: garden phlox, gardening, perennial flowers

22)   Hydroponics Gardening - How to Grow Flowers and Vegetables with Minimal Time and Effort
Did you know that you can still grow your own beautiful flowers and vegetables, without having to spend many hours every week looking after your garden? One of the biggest problems many gardeners face is never having enough time to maintain their garden. There's always weeds to remove, insects and other pests to take care of, and steps to take to prevent plants becoming diseased.
article tags: hydroponics, hydroponics gardening, gardening, home gardening, hydroponics system

23)   Why The Perennial Plant Survives Through The Winter
One reason why the perennial plant is sought after is because of its remarkable ability to survive year round through most weather conditions. Not unlike your local mail delivery person, perennials lives on through rain, sleet, or snow - perfect for the year round gardener. What is it about perennials that enables it's winter survival abilities, whereas.
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24)   What IS Compost?
What IS Compost?
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25)   Tips On How To Care For Fresh Cut Tropicals
You can do your own tropical flower arrangements and add life to your office or home. Tropical flowers are generally much hardier than their softer cousins. They are brilliantly colored and have a longer shelf life especially if you care for them properly. Here are some things you can do to maximize their life: 1) Every type of fresh cut flower will.
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