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June 12, 2021 - Issue #517 Read in Browser


A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. Leo Buscaglia

ARTICLES TO READ


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Growing Thyme

Thymes are versatile, indeed - more than fifty varieties are judged useful for culinary or ornamental gardens! Its flavor heightens that of most any food.
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Weeds- Pigweed

Pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) is often called redroot pigweed because of its pinkish red root. A warm-weather annual most common where summers are hot, pigweed seeds sprout in late spring or early summer.
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Let's Talk About Dandelions: Public Enemy #1 or Miracle Cure?

Are dandelions friends or foes? Let's get educated on some of the benefits of this "weed" and we may never look at those yellow flowers in our lawns the same way again.
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Pepper Types

Seed companies break the peppers we grow down into two categories: hot and sweet. The hot types include Cayenne, Jalapeno and Anaheim. Examples of sweet peppers are Bell and Pimiento. Banana and Cherry peppers come both sweet and hot.
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Gardening for Children- Growing Vegetables from Seed

These kid-friendly vegetables provide an inexpensive gardening opportunity that produces results with little effort. Your child will fall in love with growing their own plants, learn about how plants grow, and all about the process of producing the food they eat from seed to harvest.
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Top 10 Healthiest Garden Vegetables

There are hundreds of different fruits and vegetables that can be planted and harvested each summer in the garden. All have vital nutrients that feed our body, but some are stars in the garden! This list of 10 nutritious herbs, vegetables, and fruit you can grow in your own garden will start you on the path of self sufficient health.

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Rose (Rosa 'Marmalade Skies')

Rose (<i>Rosa</i> 'Marmalade Skies')

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Arilbred Iris (Iris 'Desert Snow')

"Full sun"
Arilbred Iris (<i>Iris</i> 'Desert Snow')

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Lily (Lilium 'Tribal Dance')

Lily (<i>Lilium</i> 'Tribal Dance')

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Cliffjumper')

Daylily (<i>Hemerocallis</i> 'Cliffjumper')

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Rose (Rosa 'Crescendo')

Rose (<i>Rosa</i> 'Crescendo')

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