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Discover six effective plant combinations you can grow in raised garden beds. In this video, Kevin from Epic Gardening teams up with Mark from Self Sufficient Me to share seasonal planting ideas from ...
Central/eastern Oregon: Wrap the trunks of young, thin-barked trees (maples, aspen, ash) with paper tree wrap late in the month to prevent sunscald. Remove in April. Wrap new trees two to three years ...
Caterpillars feed birds, which provide pest-control services in our gardens by feeding thousands of insects each to their ...
Gardeners who have slug pellets in their cupboards, sheds or greenhouses have been warned they need to check them because ...
Eliot Coleman, whose 1989 book inspired generations of gardeners, shared the lessons he has been teaching for the past 50 ...
Fall gardening might sound serene—crisp air, golden leaves, and the satisfying crunch of soil beneath your boots—but every ...
Companion plants can be grown in such a way that each plant supports the other. Strawberries, as it happens, are friends with ...
If you’re like most well-intentioned gardeners, you might give a lot of thought to planting the “right” plants to nourish pollinators and other wildlife, with nectar, pollen, seeds and fruit. But have ...
Hydrangeas are exceptional in that the color of their flowers can change depending on the availability of aluminum ions.
It’s autumn, your neighbor’s yard has turned into a leaf graveyard, and the squirrels are sizing up your leftover tomatoes.