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By Anderwood June 30, 2017 | The Best Pesticide Everyone wants to get rid of garden pests, but what is the best pesticide? Read more to find out! (148 words - Read the full article) |
By beckygardener June 29, 2017 | Repurposing a Prefabricated Pond What to do with a leaky prefabricated pond? Repurpose it into a large garden container or small garden bed! (473 words - Read the full article) |
By DaisyRyder June 28, 2017 | Over-wintered peppers, thinking ahead. Last year I dug up my pepper plants and overwintered them in a greenhouse. I like being the first among my garden neighbors to have big healthy tomatoes and peppers in the garden AND I can also say I started them from seed. I plan on overwintering these peppers again but there has to be an easier way. A way that can keep them happy all spring and summer but doesn't hurt my back in fall. So I had an idea. And I'm feeling pretty positive about it. (787 words - Read the full article) |
By JB June 27, 2017 | Dress up your Doggie Yard with Container Plants If your dog's fenced in yard is attached to your favorite deck, it can be a boring view as the months go on. I found a way to make me and doggie happy. (263 words - Read the full article) |
By Dirtlings June 26, 2017 | So THIS is "Harvest?" Given any length of time spent in garden forums, YouTube or social media, certainly you have drooled over documented mounds of brightly-colored, fall garden harvests or the splendid spring baskets spilling nasturtiums and zucchini . . .but, that's NEVER how harvest happens for me and my "plodding" garden. (482 words - Read the full article) |
By scflowers June 25, 2017 | Harvesting Potatoes from Ornamental Sweet Potato Vines Many of us are familiar with rooting cuttings of ornamental sweet potatoes to to make more vines, but why let the end of summer be the end of your vines? Use this easy method to harvest sweet potatoes (made by your own ornamental vines) to propagate next season's plants, and save money by turning this annual into a perennial. (498 words - Read the full article) |
By DaisyRyder June 24, 2017 | Battling Pesky Garden Bugs: My Worst Three There are subtle things in nature we overlook when cultivating our own gardens. We know what we want and what we want to grow but a garden based solely on desire will have its flaws. To grow a healthy ecosystem, we have to take a few notes from the wild. Incorporating knowledge in a desire makes dreams a reality. (1,516 words - Read the full article) |
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| Subject | OP | Area | Replies |
| And the winners of the June 2017 raffle are.....! | dave | The June 2017 Not-A-Raffle-Raffle! | 103 |
| Please please help? Need tree ID | roosterjake | Plant ID forum | 58 |
| Major update to the Plant Lists | dave | Site Talk forum | 49 |
| Favorite garden tools | UndertheSun | Irises forum | 33 |
| What have you planted that you regretted ? | ge1836 | Perennials forum | 22 |
| Asa's former lawn...or (better) Dirt's current gardens | evermorelawnless | Garden Photos forum | 22 |
| Unknown shrub | padulles | Plant ID forum | 20 |
| Holes forming on my succulents | Tinad477 | Ask a Question forum | 16 |
| Untitled | gandygirlsgarden | Ask a Question forum | 14 |
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