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What are Beneficial Insects and Why are they a Gardeners Best Friend

Good bugs control aphids, thrips, mealy bugs, scale insects, mites, and whiteflies in our flower and vegetable gardens organically…

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Container Gardening For Vegetables

Container Gardening for Vegetables is the way to go if you are getting older, or you have to compete with the critters for any produce. Here are some pictures and a how to.

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Growing Garlic

As fresh local food becomes more popular, many people are growing their own vegetables and herbs. Growing garlic is easy in many climates, and can be used in a variety of recipes.

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How to Make Homemade Insect Pesticides

Learn how to make homemade pesticides with simple ingredients found in most home to get rid of ants, aphids, mealy bugs, mites, scales thrips and fungal disease on your plants.

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Weaving the Web of Flowers

Snap the photos and spin the web. A talented group of friends are creating a flower garden of photos and spinning a web of links...

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Why Do People Paint Their Tree Trunks White?

I often see trees with the bottom of their trunks painted white and decided to find out why.

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Aggressive Plants in Your Landscaping

While fast growing plants can help you achieve a great looking landscape quickly, there are hazards to consider as well.

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Five Useful Herbs for Your Garden

Thinking of starting a herb garden? Choose these five useful herbs to get going.

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Are You A Flower Gardener?

I am, and I love the friendship that flower gardeners share. I have never met a person that gardens who wasn't anxious and proud to share growing tips, plants, flowers and seeds!

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Landscaping with Best Decorative Garden Bridge Plans - Lattice, Cobblestone and Wooden Yard Bridges

Perhaps you dream of a country garden dressed in sun-loungers and sun-bathed beaches or moorland setting with garden bridge plans and breathtaking waterways to stroll along.

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Five Annuals That Attract Hummingbirds: Phlox, Garden Balsam, Jewelweed, Nasturtium, Tree Tobacco

Annual phlox, garden balsam, orange jewelweed, garden nasturtium, and tree tobacco are five annual plants that are attractive to hummingbirds.

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Trees Deserve Respect

Who cares if Pluto is or is not a planet? There are no trees there. Trees are the reason nobody wants to relocate to anywhere else in the universe.

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Schefflera-actonophylla

The schefflera actonophylla tree is grown in tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. It's the parent plant to the schefflera arboricola plant which is a common houseplant.

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Australia's Flaming Red Spires: Gymea Lily (Doryanthes excelsa)

Native only in the area of Sydney, wild Gymea lilies reach heights of 16 feet (5 meters). Standing tall with fiery flowers, these colorful Aussie icons resemble flaming spires.

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After the Boston Tea Party: Herbal Liberty Teas Suggested by Philo Aletheias on January 13, 1774

The Boston Tea Party ushered in a period of herbal tea drinking in Colonial America as imported tea via the East India Company became a symbol of taxation without representation.

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Marigolds (Tagetes): Flavorous, Floriferous, and Fragrant to Skipper, Sulphur, and White Butterflies

Marigolds (genus Tagetes) are New World natives with Old World charm.

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Peonies in Bloom -- Nichols Arboretum

This year we hit the peak of the peony bloom at Nichols Arboretum, part of The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

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Worm Manure (Castings) Is The Best Organic Fertilizer

Worm manure is organic and disease free. Worms' digestive track destroys pathogens (bacteria, viruses that can cause disease).

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