Articles filed under Gardening
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Spider plants are easy to grow indoors and in the gardenFeb 02, 2016 5:00 am - The spider plant is one of the easiest houseplants to grow. Beginning gardeners who choose a spider plant as their first houseplant will gain confidence as it thrives un...
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Botanic Garden offers resources to help with plant selectionJan 30, 2016 6:19 am - Selecting the right plant that is well-suited to your garden's growing conditions and fulfills your design goals is an important first step toward having a successful ga...
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Artificial lights can keep houseplants growing in winterJan 29, 2016 5:00 am - Short days put sunlight at a premium. Even houseplants feel it. Mostly, they just sit and wait for better growing conditions. But for indoor gardeners who want plants to...
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Two popular colors in and out of the garden this yearJan 28, 2016 5:00 am - What's your gardening color this year? Well, THE trend worldwide comes from forecasters at the Pantone Color Institute who have not only chosen one color of the year, bu...
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Make sure food from your garden is safe to eatJan 26, 2016 4:51 am - Gardening delivers produce that is tastier, cheaper and safer than store-bought, right? Well, not necessarily safer. "There's always the potential from contamination, wh...
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January is filled with garden dreamsJan 24, 2016 6:25 am - I think Josephine Nuese, author of "The Country Garden," said it best: "Anyone who thinks gardening begins in the spring and ends in the fall is missing the best part of...
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It doesn't take a Sherlock to deduce the merits of burdockJan 20, 2016 4:49 am - The other day I saw burdock roots in the produce section of our local food co-op, and a less seductive food you will not find. A tangle of long, skinny, hairy things, du...
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Consider color when planning for this growing seasonJan 18, 2016 4:52 am - Consider color when planning the 2016 growing season for your home garden. Complimentary colors, such as orange and blue are opposite each other on the color wheel and c...
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Enjoy views of the winter gardenJan 15, 2016 5:00 am - Wintry weather may force gardeners inside their homes, but they can continue to enjoy their gardens from the inside out with a few, well-placed focal points. Begin by de...
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Chocolate vine provides privacy in narrow spaceJan 12, 2016 5:00 am - Creating privacy is a common landscape desire. Trees or large shrubs are appropriate choices if there is room for them to spread their branches, but if the need for priv...