Sometimes there are flowers that gain the reputation of being so easy to work with that they are suited only for beginners. Cosmos are one flower that has gained such a reputation. Just because you...
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June 6th has been designated as National Gardening Exercise Day and it’s a great opportunity to get outdoors and spread the word about how gardening can make you healthier. We’ve all...
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Traditionally Basil is associated with Italian cooking and with good reason. It is often found in pasta sauces, is the prime ingredient in Pesto and even has found its way on to pizza. There are...
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Perhaps the most popular plant that people grow in their vegetable garden are tomatoes. Tomatoes versatility in the kitchen contributes to this as it is used in some of the most popular...
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Growing Cannas is a little like bringing a piece of the tropics to your own garden. If you live in USDA growing zones 8-10 than Cannas can be treated as perennials but for the rest of the country...
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After gaining some experience growing plants in general during my teens my gardening interest seemed to gravitate toward flowers as an adult. The more I read and learned about this aspect of...
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When you’ve finished planting your flower beds and you can’t fit another container on your porch or deck it’s time to do what I call “going vertical”. An often...
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Every year I get catalogue after catalogue in the fall with what seems like an endless parade of new daffodil varieties. While some of us are partial to tulips I enjoy daffodils. I’m the...
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