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A day-to-day checklist for your summer garden

A day-to-day checklist for your summer garden by Yvonne Savio When much of your summer garden is planted, you'll be tempted to just settle back into a lawn chair under an umbrella overlooking your vast garden acreage (or tiny patio), read a book, sip a... Read >

How to Grow a Cutting Garden

Grow a cutting garden and enjoy flowers indoors and out If you feel guilty when you cut flowers in your garden, worrying that you're destroying nature or leaving gaps in your flowerbeds, it may be time for you to plant a cutting garden, says the Americ... Read >

How to tell if you have bugs in your garden

How to tell if you have bugs in your garden Most insects hide in the heat of the day. If you don't notice them in the afternoon, check again in the early morning or evening (you'll need a flashlight). Be sure to check both sides of the leaves, stems an... Read >

Do you need to use different fertilizers for different plants?

Use different fertilizers for different plants -fact or fiction? Fiction - Orchids and African violets are very delicate. It is necessary to use a special fertilizer for these plants. Fact - It is not necessary to use a special fertilizer for orchid... Read >

Watering Tips to Help Keep Fungus Out of Your Summer Garden

Summertime and Watering Too much of a good thing can lead to fungus. During the summer months, we notice that the number of gardeners who call us concerned that their plants have fungus increases significantly. One of the first things we ask is, "W... Read >

Healthy Plants Begin with Healthy Soil

Maybe it's your soil Healthy plants begin with healthy soil. Most gardeners neglect the soil when growing flowers, ornamentals, vegetables, and other plants. They treat the symptoms of plant problems instead of the cause, which is most often a soil de... Read >

How much and when to water plants?

Watering - how much and when? The basics of watering plants Improper watering is the number one cause of plant stress. The amount of water a plant needs depends on the type of plant, soil, location and the weather including temperature, humidity, and w... Read >

Advantages of Foliar Feeding

Nutrients - Incorporate foliar feeding into your growth program A more effective method for delivery of essential plant nutrition The most common method of providing nutrients to plants is through the roots. This is done by placing nutrients in the s... Read >

Watering Tips for Your Garden and Landscape

Grow a beautiful garden the water wise way Saving water and enjoying the beauty and environmental benefits of plants are not only possible, but easy says the American Association of Nurserymen (AAN). "Water Wise" gardening is built on some basic, commo... Read >

How to Rid Your Garden of Bugs

How to debug your garden Did you know it is estimated that there are over 100,000 different species of insects that live in North America? If you don't think you have bugs in your garden - guess again. In a typical backyard there are probably 1,000 lit... Read >

Watch for signs to fertilize

Watch for signs to fertilize If you are not nourishing your plants on a regular basis, it is time to take a close look at your plants. Just like humans, plants need nutrients. They need them from the moment you put them in the soil, and they need them... Read >

Improving Garden Soil

Perfect Soil What is the function of soil in our yards and gardens? Simply put, soil provides plants with mineral nutrients, water and anchorage. The basic types of soil are clay, sand, and silt. The percentage of each determines whether you have sandy... Read >

How to control factors that cause common plant diseases

How to keep your garden disease free No matter where your garden is located, you will have to deal with plant diseases. Even if you have had good luck in the past, there will come a day when disease strikes your plants. Plant diseases can be caused... Read >

How to control factors that cause common plant diseases

What's your first reaction when you receive a wedding invite? You're probably delighted to be able to attend such a special day. But you may also have some slight concerns. One of them may well surround what you should wear. Weddings have changed consi... Read >

Keeping Aphids Off Of Your Plants

Got Aphids? Aphids are one of the most common destructive insects around. It would be safe to say that most gardeners have encountered aphids at one time or another. Aphids are small, soft-bodied insects that use their piercing mouth-parts to suck sap ... Read >