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How Earthworms Help Your Garden
Want an abundant vegetable garden? Lush lawn? Healthy and beautiful flowers? Then the lowly earthworm can help you. They’re hard workers, and can help you
January 10, 2025
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January Garden Chores
New USDA Plant Hardiness Zones First and Last Frost Dates If you haven’t had a chance to see it, the new USDA Plant Hardiness Zone
January 1, 2025
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Time To Get Ready For Your Spring Garden
December is a busy time of year for all of us. And it’s easy to disregard chores, especially if the weather is cold and wet.
December 9, 2024
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Planting and Caring for Fruit Trees
I love my fruit trees. No, I don’t have an orchard, but I do have Meyer lemon, pawpaw, Mexican plum, native persimmon, fig, and peaches.
November 18, 2024
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Ladybugs Solve Garden Pest Problems
They’re tiny, voracious and pretty. They can eat 75 aphids per day and around 5,000 in a lifetime. They are also a serious threat to
July 30, 2024
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Is Glyphosate Safe? Gardeners Want To Know!
Glyphosate is the best-selling herbicide on the planet. There are dozens of manufacturers around the world and it is sold under many names. The most
May 28, 2024
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Henbit – Invasive weed or desirable wild plant?
Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) has a checkered reputation. Despised by the lawn industry and Big Ag, it is loved by many herbalists and conservationists, it lives
February 26, 2024
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Blue Mist Flower – Summer and Fall Blooms and Some Strange Connections
The Blue mist flower (Conoclinum coelestinum) is a stunning native of the Eastern U.S. And, believe it or not, it has a relationship to some
February 8, 2024
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Carrots In Your Home Garden
The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution. —Paul Cezanne I never liked carrots much. Oh, I did
February 8, 2024