A Beginner’s Guide to Designing a Beautiful Outdoor Space
Design a stunning outdoor retreat without stress. Learn how to choose the right plants, furniture, and lighting for a cozy atmosphere.
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Common Mistakes Made When Managing Fungal Diseases
Explore the effects of fungal infections on agriculture and health. Understand management mistakes and how to improve your strategies for better results.
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How to Identify Snake Holes in Your Yard—and What to Do After
Learn how to identify, deal with, and prevent snake holes in your yard. Stay vigilant and protect your home from potential dangers.
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The Surprising Role of Honey Possums in Pollination: Nature’s Hidden Heroes
Discover the crucial role of honey possums in pollination and their unique adaptations as effective pollinators in their native habitats.
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Unique Wasp Traps: Unconventional Methods to Catch Yellow Jackets
Discover unconventional methods for catching yellow jackets with unique wasp traps. Protect bees and the environment while effectively controlling infestations.
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How to Design a Japandi Style Garden for Zen-Like Ambiance
Design your own Japandi style garden to create a peaceful and harmonious outdoor retreat. Embrace the serenity of Japandi aesthetics with our tips and ideas!
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How to Achieve a Trendy Mediterranean Vibe in Your Outdoor Space
Transform your outdoor space with a Mediterranean touch. Get inspired by real-life case studies and design ideas for a relaxing oasis.
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Urban Beekeeping Hacks: Integrating Bees into Your Garden for Better Pollination
Introduction In our ever-evolving urban landscapes, a surprising trend has emerged – urban beekeeping. This practice involves maintaining a honeybee hive apiary within city limits, transforming rooftops, balconies, and small…
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A Vegetable Garden for Everyone: Discovering the True Meaning of Fresh
Many people have noticed the escalating price of fresh produce at the local supermarket and from the wayside stands that offer us our daily intake of vegetables and fruits. Unfortunately,…
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The Active Winter Gardener: a Time for Planning Ahead
I don’t know where the illusion first originated, but most non-gardeners live under the false perception that winter is a time of rest. For a true Northscaper, this couldn’t be…
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The Wonderful World Of Hydrangeas
When gardeners think of hydrangeas, they often associate them with the deep South, the showy blue or pink mop-headed flowers boldly encircling the foundation of some lovely manor or estate.…
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Using Hostas In Landscape Applications Meet The New Elite Designer Plant
Over the 1990s, the elegant hosta experienced what can only be called a revolution from a gardener’s perspective. During this period the number of cultivars exploded, with more big ones…
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Never Hug a Barberry: Exposing the Thorny, Spiny Truth
Most gardeners and home landscapers are aware (or become aware at some point in their lives) that there’s no such thing as the “perfect” plant – all plants have their…
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Hardy Roses for Northern Gardens a Selection Beyond Imagination
A rose for every garden. For many northern gardeners, that would have been just a dream over much of the past century, just one more reminder of the indignities they…
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Mums the Word This Fall: a Chrysanthemum Craze is Sweeping the North!
Does your garden bloom vigorously right through into October? There’s no excuse for it not to, especially when you have chrysanthemums in your gardening palette! Yes, the mighty garden mum,…
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All the Colors of the Iris Rainbow
Each night during the blooming season, you will find me outdoors among the irises. I love the fragrance, the color, and the sizes. It reminds me of a new day…
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New Plant Varieties – More Than Meets the Eye: Breeding Plants to Be Hardier and Healthier
Every spring when growers announce their new plant varieties, gardeners eagerly check out the hot new varieties that have a distinctive look. Last year the big excitement was centered on…
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The Noble Art of Composting: A Gift to Yourself, Your Garden and Your Planet
I’m sure that we all know about the environmental impact caused by the huge amount of plant material being sent to landfills. Although this is a very important issue, let’s…
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Exploring Foundation Gardens, Critical Plantings for Effective Landscapes
Chances are, if your home has any sort of a landscape at all, it has a foundation garden. These are simply plantings up against a house or any other man-made…
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Landscape Planning Mistakes – A Landscape Doctor’s Humorous Diagnosis
Over my years of planning landscapes, I have come across some atrocious mistakes. Usually, it is because people have just not taken the time to ask questions or do not…
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