Choosing the Right Container for Your Plants
When it comes to growing plants, choosing the right container is just as important as selecting the right soil and providing adequate sunlight and water. The container you choose can…
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16 Beautiful Plants for Balcony Gardens
Having a balcony garden is a great way to bring nature into your urban living space. Whether you have a small or large balcony, there are plenty of plants that…
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Creating and Maintaining a Balcony Garden Box: A Guide to Pests and Diseases
Having a balcony garden can bring life and beauty to your outdoor space, even if you have limited room. One of the best ways to maximize the potential of your…
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Discover the Hidden Delights of Edible Plants You Didn’t Know You Could Eat
Have you ever walked through your yard and wondered if there’s more to it than just a beautiful landscape? Well, you’re in for a treat! Your very own backyard is…
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Winter Care Tips for Your Roses: What to Do and What Not to Do
It has really been a pleasant experience walking through my fine city this fall and seeing the various gardens, especially those where the owner has made the effort to plant…
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Barking Up the Right Tree: Colorful Bark for the Winter Landscape
The winter charm of deciduous trees and shrubs is often overlooked, as most people believe that beauty is found only in leaves and flowers. But when one gazes more intimately…
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My Best Friend is a Nut: Hardy Nuts for Northern Homeowners
One of my favorite aspects of gardening is the idea of growing my own food, all by myself and with me fully in control of the inputs into the growing…
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Showy Spring Shrubs for The North
There is certainly nothing more refreshing after a long, cold winter than the wondrous sight of the first blossoms of spring bursting forth from bare branches. For homeowners who want…
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5 Ways to Perk Up the November Landscape: Suggestions Homeowners Can Use Today!
Once again we find ourselves in the throes of November, the most non-descript of months from a landscape perspective. Of all the twelve months of the year, November suffers the…
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Vegetables – the Fresher, the Better: Enjoy Homegrown Veggies From Your Garden
Even in the dead of winter, you can recall the juiciness and delightful sweetness that burst forth in your mouth, as you tasted the first sun-warmed cherry tomato picked straight…
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Planting Revenge on Your Neighbors Plants You and Your Neighbors Will Want to Stay Away From
So you’re a gardener and you have a bone to pick with your neighbor. You’ve considered applying Nair to his cat, but you don’t have the heart to be cruel…
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Berried in the Snow: Colorful Fruit in the Winter Landscape
As a landscape architect, a creative way that I have looked at designing color into the winter landscape is through the use of trees and shrubs with colorful berries that…
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Competition In The Garden: Exploring The Relationships Between Plants
Every seasoned gardener knows that a garden is an ever-changing environment; what it starts out as in the beginning is rarely what it is a few years down the road.…
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Seeking the “Out-Of Zone” Experience: Tips for Gardeners Who Push the Limits
Most northern gardeners are more than content with growing the extensive variety of plants in their yards and gardens that we can safely grow here in the North. They want…
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Storing Tender Bulbs Through Winter: Answers to Questions from Northscapers Like You!
Fall is always a busy time of the year for northern gardeners, and that’s no exception here at North. Over the past few weeks, we have been inundated with questions…
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Getting Tender Plants Through Winter Exploring The Science Behind Winter Protection
Winter is nearly upon us, and many northern homeowners and gardeners are now thinking about protecting their outdoor investments for the chilly days and bitter nights ahead. There are numerous…
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Conquering Zone Envy A 5-Step Recovery Program for Northerners
“If only I could grow one of those up here…” The refrains of this common lament of the northern gardener can be heard all across the North. This article is…
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Hardy Trees for the Northern Plains: Promising New Releases from NDSU
For too long, northern homeowners and home landscapers have had to make sacrifices when it came to hardy trees and shrubs. The palette at their disposal was limited at best,…
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Tropical-Looking Plants for Northern Landscapes: 5 “Must-Haves” for the Creative Designer
We’ve all fantasized about it at some time; a tropical vacation away on some remote island, lazing on a white sandy beach overlooking a tranquil azure blue ocean, and lush…
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Landscaping the North Side of a House: Taking Gardening to the Dark Side
Fellow Northscapers, let me take you on a journey to the Dark Side. Yes, we’re going to boldly charge into that part of the yard that strikes more fear in…
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