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This Old House August 2007 Jeanne Huber |
11 Ways to Save Water, Time, and Money on Your Landscape Advice for conserving water, time, and money on your yard and garden. |
This Old House John Kelsey |
Rain Makers Choosing and using lawn and garden sprinklers. |
Garden Gate |
Summer Escape: Planting Beneath Shade Trees If you've ever tried to grow a garden under a tree, you know that your plants have to compete with the tree's roots for space, water and nutrients. Here are some tips that can make growing a garden under a tree easier. |
National Gardening |
Corn Care Corn doesn't need any more attention than other garden vegetables, but it's a crop that can take up a fair amount of time if you plant a lot. Make it easier by combining tasks. |
National Gardening Robert Kourik |
Gardening Fact or Fallacy? Though plants, soils and weather conditions are always evolving, it seems as if some gardening practices become embedded like fossils. |
This Old House Marjorie E. Gage |
Reining in Water Use Ground rules for creating a lush yard that doesn't squander the available supply of H2O. |
This Old House September 2007 Roger Cook |
Fall Groundwork "This is prime time to prep your yard for the next growing season," says our landscape contractor. |
National Gardening |
Planting Groundcover Use low-growing perennial plants and shrubs as groundcovers to cover slopes and rough ground or to replace high-maintenance lawns. Choose plants that thrive in your particular soil and climate. |
This Old House Josh Garskof |
Get Ready for Fall Now's the best time to spruce up your yard |
This Old House Roger Cook |
Fall Fertilizing Why autumn is the right time of year to nourish your yard. |
National Gardening |
Container Gardening 101 Today's condominium owners and apartment dwellers do not have to forsake gardening. In fact, they can create their own garden hideaway in small spaces. |
National Gardening |
Tools for Planting Using the right tools and the proper techniques will not only make planting less of a chore, but also a greater success. |
National Gardening Bonnie Lee Appleton |
Fall Tree Care The attention young trees need in Fall |
National Gardening |
Planning a Low-Maintenance Landscape Landscapes that require minimum time and money to maintain require thoughtful planning and installation. So invest early in planning and structures, and you'll pay (and work) less later. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Fungi for Roots Mycorrhizae fungi help plants grow... |
National Gardening |
Getting Started With Perennials First, we dispel a common myth: You don't need to be an expert gardener to grow perennials. Then we answer a few common questions about perennials. |
This Old House Roger Cook |
May Is for Mulching Decorate and protect your beds now, before the heat of summer sets in. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Getting Gardens Ready for Winter While gardeners in warmer climes (USDA zones 8 to 10) relish the cool air because it signals fall planting time, most gardeners across the country know it's time to wrap up the garden. |
National Gardening |
Maintaining a Vegetable Garden Healthy, vigorous vegetable plants produce the most flavorful and bountiful harvests. Give your garden plants the moisture and nutrients they need, and keep them weeded and harvested for tasty and nutritious crops. |
This Old House |
Winter Plant Tip: Buy Ugly Dormant bare-root plants make for a wise cold-weather purchase. |
National Gardening |
Oriental Poppy Sporting huge, cup-shaped blooms in early summer, the Oriental poppy is the most striking of the perennial poppies, and the delicate, papery flowers belie the plant's hardiness and durability. But you should still heed these tips. |
National Gardening Patt Kasa |
Shop for Trees & Shrubs Years of experience have helped me hone my detective skills and I've developed an almost fool-proof method of choosing the healthiest specimens for my landscape. You can become a savvy shopper, too, by following these same guidelines. |
National Gardening Skip Richter |
Turn Leaves into Gold These golden leaves can be turned into "black gold" for the garden. They make great soil-enriching compost or a protective mulch. |
This Old House February 2, 2001 Warren Schultz |
Getting the Best Deal on Plants Your guide to buying plants for the upcoming growing season... |
National Gardening |
Mulching Trees and Shrubs Why mulch? Because it helps minimize weeds, conserve moisture, moderate soil temperature, and make your yard look good. |
This Old House Lynn Ocone |
Putting Down Roots How to add a tree to your yard---the right way. |
National Gardening June 2000 William Bryant Logan |
Helping Plants to Help Themselves Mycorrhizal fungi promote plant growth and reduce fertilizer dependence |
National Gardening |
Getting Started with Container Gardening Here's a look at some of the benefits of container gardening and choosing the right containers for your plants. |
National Gardening Barbara Richardson |
El Nino Forecast for Gardeners With drought conditions prevailing in nearly half the country this year, it's been a tough time for gardeners. There is some relief in sight for the southern half of the U.S. as the El Nino weather system moves in this fall and winter. |
National Gardening |
Maintaining Container Gardens These simple maintenance tasks will keep keep your patio planters and window boxes looking their best throughout the growing season and help cold-climate gardeners prepare for winter. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Shopper's Guide to Bark Mulch The advantages of using organic mulch to blanket soil around trees, shrubs, and perennial plants are many. This article explores the kinds of bark mulches you can buy and their advantages and disadvantages. |
This Old House Jeanne Huber |
Back to Nature The greenest approach to landscaping returns a yard to its roots. |
National Gardening |
Caring for Potatoes Caring for potatoes requires proper watering, cultivating and hilling. |
National Gardening |
Corn: Planting Variations If you like experimenting, there are some variations on the basic planting methods you may want to try. |
This Old House Lynn Ocone |
Say Good-bye to Weeds Think it's an overstatement to call it the war against weeds? Here's what you're up against... |
Popular Mechanics September 19, 2008 Ryan M. Wilson |
How to Plant for Fall and Prepare Your Garden for Winter Planting a fall garden can be a rewarding effort and a great start to preparing your entire yard for winter's dormancy as the last head of lettuce is plucked. |
National Gardening |
Making a Raised-Bed Garden Raised beds are popular because they are relatively easy to build, plant, weed, and maintain. |
National Gardening |
Fall Garden Cleanup Q and A Here are some questions we've received about fall cleanup in the garden, along with the answers given by our regional horticulture staff. |
National Gardening |
Growing Onions As with most vegetables, you can start onions from seed in the garden. But many onions have relatively long growing seasons and onion seeds don't germinate quickly, so it's often better to start the crop another way. You can set out transplants, or you can plant "sets" (half-grown onions). |
This Old House Andrew Keys |
Banishing Invasives for Good So you've decided to get rid of the problem shrubs in your garden. Now, how best to ditch them? |
National Gardening Lance Walheim |
How to Buy and Plant Trees Improve the health and longevity of your trees... |
National Gardening |
Planting Apple Trees Choose a site with full sun, moderate fertility, and good air circulation and water drainage. Apple trees will tolerate a wide range of soil conditions. While you can improve your soil with fertilizer and mulch, other factors will go a long way toward overcoming less-than-perfect soil. |
National Gardening |
Establishing a Wildflower Meadow A how-to guide for planting a wildflower meadow. |
National Gardening |
Perennials 101 Owing to a fairly recent revival of the casual "cottage garden" look, perennials are more popular with today's home gardeners than they ever have been. |
National Gardening Kim Haworth |
Fire-Safe Landscaping Homes are tucked into hillside forests and perched atop grassy knolls to take advantage of spectacular views. During fire season, this is an invitation to disaster. But there are several measures you can take to reduce the immediate risk of fire danger around your own home. |
National Gardening Jane von Trapp |
Entry Garden Make-Over A front entrance garden has to be functional and inviting, but where do you begin? |
National Gardening Jack Ruttle |
The Tomato-Vetch Connection A USDA-devised mulch system is revolutionizing tomato farming... |
This Old House Roger Cook |
Gardening by the Sea The author shares tips on growing a healthy and beautiful seaside garden. |
National Gardening |
Naturalizing with Tulips Species tulips and hybrids of Tulipa fosteriana, T. greigii, and T. kaufmanniana are ideal candidates for naturalizing, as they spread rapidly by seed, stolons, and bulblets. |
National Gardening |
Planting and Care of Annual Flowers When it comes to cut flowers, it's hard to beat annuals for their sheer production and ease of growing. |