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succulent plants

sydneybeth, member | June 22nd, 2010

I recently planted a rock garden on top of my bird bath. It has soil, succelent plants and pebbles on top. Not sure how to care for them, especially when to water.

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Soil Bag Planting

MissDaisyMae717, member | June 13th, 2010

Hi, loved the idea re: planting in a bag of soil.....I will do this....I have a very small yard(live in senior com.)and have all mulch around my porch and I want to plant some morning glory's, so...

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A Gardener's Tale of Woe..."Chewy and Me"

JadaE, member | May 27th, 2010

I'm sure a lot of you have seen the movie "Marley and Me", the story of the Grogan family and their wild and crazy lab retriever named Marley. I read the book and saw the movie, and...

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Rabbits at last..at least for a while!

JadaE, member | May 27th, 2010

Meet Candy and Lala! These 2 dutch bunny beauties belong to my kids' elementary school, but they will be taking their summer vacation at our house, (to give the science teacher a...

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Preview!" Garden Show Extravaganza" on the Garden World Report Show!

ShirleyBovshow, member | May 11th, 2010

Garden World Report presents, "Garden Show Extravaganza" with highlights from the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show, tour a succulent pavilion with award winning author, Debra Lee Baldwin, tour...

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Concrete Raised Garden Beds (Easy to build, and fairly cheap)

Troy_R, member | April 5th, 20104 comments

After years of having a regular garden, and with my wife not wanting to give up more yard I decided to build my first raised beds. But out of what...I wanted a bed high enough so that I could pick...

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Braiding Garlic

Gardenerd, member | April 1st, 2010

Learn how to braid garlic in this step by step video with Christy Wilhelmi of Gardenerd.com.

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"Homegrown: A 21st Century Family Farm"

JadaE, member | March 14th, 2010

I had to share this video with my gardening buddies...You probably already know of the Dervaes family, who has converted their 1/10th acre yard into a real family farm. They grow 6000 lbs...

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Garden World Report: "A Retiree Designs the Smiley Children's Garden in Ohio!"

ShirleyBovshow, member | February 22nd, 2010

Some people do their best work during their "career years." Not so with Ohio Master Gardener, Louise Hartwig. An avid gardener, Louise Hartwig set off to accomplish her best work as a gardener during...

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Video: Building a Community Garden

JMTaylor, member | February 8th, 2010

Watch the construction of the Antonio Community Garden in Camarillo, California, from bare lot to happy gardeners. The Antonio Garden is Camarillo's first community garden.

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Plant Obsessions: Hydrangea Cultivars on Garden World Report!

ShirleyBovshow, member | January 29th, 20101 comment

Anna, known on the web as the "Flower Garden Girl" reveals the object of her garden obsession- hydrangea cultivars! Enjoy Anna's garden tour as seen on the Garden World Report show. What a collector...

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Composting in Winter

gardentotable, member | January 14th, 20101 comment

My compost pile is far from my house. Besides, it's busy working, getting itself ready to use next spring. So rather than add to it all winter, or worse, not compost at all (impossible!), I use...

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Growing a Row for Foodbanks and Community Kitchens

nancynursez637, member | January 8th, 20102 comments

I first learned of the national Grow A Row program after a year of growing and sharing excess vegetables with the food bank. I had always gardened and often had way more produce than I could...

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New at Gardening - Knowledge is a better garden

yankeefan61, member | December 13th, 20091 comment

I figured since the economy has been tanking for the past couple of years that I would try and cut corners every way possible. So I did. I got a pair of scissors out one sunday morning and...

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Your "End of the Year" Garden Checklist

Greg Holdsworth, contributor | November 4th, 2009

As the nights are finally getting cool down here, I am reminded of those end of the season duties we green thumbs all have to keep up with. Even if you aren't "turning in the gloves" and can grow...

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Invite vegetables and fruits into the landscape

GardenGates, member | October 25th, 2009

What is a vegetable? The Merriam Webster dictionary defines ‘vegetable’ as: “a usually herbaceous plant (as the cabbage, bean, or...

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Benefits of an Urban Herb Garden

CityPastures, member | October 24th, 20091 comment

Our Herb Garden here at City Pastures on Staten Island, New York has provided us with many tasty and fragrant herbs this year. We planted the herb garden which includes sage, parsley, several...

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Re-Creting! A great way to recycle old concrete

jadang, member | October 23rd, 2009

Is your sidewalk so bad you want to walk in the street? Does your patio look like a gravel pit? Those were mine with the 1929 bungalow I purchased in 2006. I fell in love with the space...

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Raised Bed Pest Cover

Greg Holdsworth, contributor | October 15th, 2009

If you have a raised bed garden, here's an "add-on" you can build to keep most pests from munching on your plants. You're basically building a "lid" that fits on top and inside your existing raised...

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Grow Food Not Fuel

gardendiva, member | October 14th, 2009

Last Spring, I was so proud of my newly expanded flower garden area planted in a narrow strip along my driveway. So much so that I decided to expand it all the way to the fence. In...

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