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79Flower Gardening--Basic Principles of Design
For the mixed border and mass planting, the following design tips will allow you to design your own flower bed or border. As described above, repetition is key to the border and the massed planting. You can repeat color, texture and form in your...
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76Watering Your Container Plants
You can grow great tomatoes in containers Container gardens require more frequent watering than “in-ground” landscapes because containers allow more evaporation. Plastic containers do not dry out as quickly as ceramic styles, especially...
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76Greenhouse Gardening Benefits
Fresh Lettuce A greenhouse can be the right choice for the gardening needs of most people and can take the idea of indoor gardening to another level of success. The controlled climate of a greenhouse can be...
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77Common Garden Pests
Just like people, it's inevitable that your container plants will deal with pests or diseases at one point or another, so keeping an eye out for signs of either can save your plant if spotted early enough....
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67Pruning Container Garden Plants
Keeping your plants healthy and blooming as long as possible takes some time and effort. It also takes knowing how and when to prune those shrubs, vines, flowers and plants. There are two basic techniques...
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75History of Flower Gardening
Before you decide what your garden will look like, take a moment to learn how gardening has been part of lives throughout the ages. Characteristics of each of these gardens have been integrated into modern,...
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83How Greenhouse Climates Affect Plant Growth
Beautiful Plants Geothermal heated greenhouses support a plant’s life process in changing climate conditions. Though this type of greenhouse system consumes a relatively large amount of heat energy,...
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80Mulching Your Herb Garden
Mulching periodically during the growing season and most especially during hot summer months will protect plant roots will help keep herbs healthy. However, mulching perennial herbs in the fall will help to...
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72Flower Gardening--Plant Care Techniques
A beautiful and successful flower garden relies heavily on gardening techniques and proper plant care. The best design, most carefully selected and planted plants will not do well without good care. A garden...
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70Propagating Herbs
Some herbs are easy to start from seed, while others take a little more time and effort to encourage them to germinate and grow. In most cases, herbs are either purchased as plants from a nursery or propagated...
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