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Weeds - How to Remove them or even better, Prevent Them
What Are Weeds? Any plant we don’t want, at least where they’re growing. There are annual, biennial and perennial weeds. Some of them produce unbelievable amounts of seed from single plants - 15,000...
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Water Conservation in the Landscape
by Christy Rees You do not have to let your shrubs, trees and lawn wilt and die to conserve water. Nor do you need to have a yard composed of rocks and gravel to have a water-efficient landscape. In...
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by Larry HurleyYou may see the slogan "Fall is for Planting" on banners in garden centers or in advertising this time of the year. It dates back to a nursery industry marketing campaign started in the...
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What to do When in the Garden
To help our customers SUCCEED as gardeners, we're compiling monthly to-do lists on our blog - just click on the link for the appropriate month. Also compiled below are links to articles about what to...
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Introduction to "Pests" and their Prevention and Treatment
One of the hottest, most emotionally charged topics in the gardening world is the use of pesticides, the umbrella term for herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and the like (“cide” meaning “killing”)....
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Composting Basics
Organic gardening experts are constantly telling us to improve our soils with organic matter, but what kind? Fully decayed organic matter — compost — is, in the words of one* of my favorite gardening...
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Climate Change in the Garden
There’s been lots of news lately about the effects of climate change on our gardens and oddly, it’s usually presented as good news to gardeners. They’re shown rejoicing over the warm-climate plants...
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How to do Late Winter Pruning
Woodies expert John Shearin demonstrated techniques to an eager class of pruners at our Beltsville location in early March, and we’ve captured the highlights for our web readers. Why Prune? Indeed,...
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The Low-Maintenance, Organic Way to Deal with Pests
Carol Allen may be a plant geek, horticulturist and organic gardener, but she’s also a self-professed LAZY gardener. So when she teaches her favorite ways of dealing with garden pests, you know it’ll...
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Frost - Freeze Warning
Tips to protect your plantsBy Larry Hurley If warm temperatures have you planting early, you always run the risk of having a few nights when the temperatures approach or dip below freezing. If that is...
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