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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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12 min

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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Build Your Own Raised Island Planter - Part 2

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Build Your Own Raised Island Planter – Part 2

And now for the second and final part of this home landscaper’s guide to building a raised island planter for your yard, that will be the envy of the neighborhood.…

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8 min

Build Your Own Raised Island Planter – Part 1

Some of the best home landscapes just stand apart from the rest, and landscapers and gardeners are always asking me how they can get theirs to look as impressive. There…

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11 min

Making Sense of Botanical Plant Names – Good Reasons for an Unreasonable System

At some point in their lives, everyone will be exposed to botanical plant names. People generally know various trees, shrubs, and flowers by their common names, but invariably they will…

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Taking Gardening to the Vertical - Designing With Vines and Climbers

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Taking Gardening to the Vertical – Designing With Vines and Climbers

Vines are among the most wonderful plants garden artists have at their disposal. They are amazingly versatile, giving our landscapes a vertical component where trees and shrubs just won’t do…

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10 Tips for Starting Seeds Indoors - Germination Basics

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6 min

10 Tips for Starting Seeds Indoors – Germination Basics

Getting ready to plant those seeds you brought back from the garden center or that have just arrived from your order? It’s true that nature has worked hard at ensuring…

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13 min

Understanding Ground Covers, How to Cover Large Spaces With Plants

A ground cover is essentially the flooring for the rooms of your outdoor living spaces. It’s the variety of surface materials that cover the earth and dirt which are the…

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4 min

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10 Helpful Tips for Spring Planting

Spring is a time when gardeners eagerly run out to the garden centers and plant sales to purchase their supply of annuals and perennials for the season’s gardens. Here are…

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3 min

How to Make a Patio Garden

A yard full of flowering bushes, vegetable plots, and fragrant herbs is a gardener’s dream. Unfortunately, even with the greenest thumb, this isn’t possible for apartment dwellers or anyone without…

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6 min

Creating a Desert Garden on Your Deck or Patio

When planning to make a desert garden planter, you need to consider where you want to put the planter, and whether you want to have cacti or succulents in the…

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Gardening

The Right Shoes for Gardening

Gardening is viewed by many gardeners only as a hobby, but very few gardeners are aware that it is pure work. A lot of technology is used in gardening, even…

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2 min

Guide to Replanting a Christmas Tree

Congratulations. You’ve bought yourself a live Christmas tree that can be replanted in your yard and enjoyed for years to come. If you don’t know how to replant a Christmas tree, your…

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6 min

Gardening

Homesteads in an Urban Environment

Beginning an urban, green homestead in your city. Gardening, composting, vermiculture, and raising animals are included in this article. In today’s economy, it comes as no surprise that the price…

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Can Gardening Mulch Stop Grass from Growing

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Will Gardening Mulch Stop Grass from Growing?

Will gardening mulch stop grass from growing? Learn how mulch works in your garden or flower bed, and how to use gardening mulch the right way while improving your garden’s…

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3 min

Rain Gardens: What They Are and How to Plant One

A rain garden is a beautiful way to clean the water that runs from a lawn to sewers and eventually into lakes, rivers, and oceans. A rain garden consists of…

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3 min

Gardening

Small Gardens: Choose Perennials!

Perennial plants in a small garden maintain order and are easy-to-care-for. A small space needs a strong design and judicious plant selection: It needs a big impact! A small garden…

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Designing a Small Garden Begins with Good Planning

A successful landscape for a small garden must begin with a clear plan whether it is done as a DIY project or by a landscape designer. A small garden designed…

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A Small Garden Needs a Strong Design

Only a good landscape design will give a small garden harmony, function, and value. After the ground-breaking step of planning for a small garden, next is the sketching of the…

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Tropical-Looking Plants for Northern Landscapes: 5 “Must-Haves” for the Creative Designer

Landscaping the North Side of a House: Taking Gardening to the Dark Side

Build Your Own Raised Island Planter – Part 2

Build Your Own Raised Island Planter – Part 1

Making Sense of Botanical Plant Names – Good Reasons for an Unreasonable System

Taking Gardening to the Vertical – Designing With Vines and Climbers

10 Tips for Starting Seeds Indoors – Germination Basics

Understanding Ground Covers, How to Cover Large Spaces With Plants

10 Helpful Tips for Spring Planting

How to Make a Patio Garden

Creating a Desert Garden on Your Deck or Patio

The Right Shoes for Gardening

Guide to Replanting a Christmas Tree

Homesteads in an Urban Environment

Will Gardening Mulch Stop Grass from Growing?

Rain Gardens: What They Are and How to Plant One

Small Gardens: Choose Perennials!

Designing a Small Garden Begins with Good Planning

A Small Garden Needs a Strong Design

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