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National Gardening Ann Whitman	Making a Water Garden in a Tub To the uninitiated, water gardens seem complicated, expensive, and fussy. But many of the principles of gardening in water are the same as those for gardening in soil. If you can grow a tomato, you can grow a water lily.
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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 June 2000 Beth Marie Renaud	Tomatoes in a Can Growing full-size tomatoes in containers saves space and protects plants from disease
National Gardening	Building a Water Garden Here are instructions for planning, building and planting a water garden.
This Old House Ashley Womble	Planters With Punch Gone are the days when terra-cotta ruled -- try these stylish containers for indoor and outdoor gardens.
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This Old House Jeanne Huber	Succulents: Ideal Plants for Summer Succulents thrive where most plants would shrivel. Here's how their ability to go days without water makes them ideal garden staples for the sweltering days of summer.
This Old House Doug Mackay	Going to Pots Use containers to create a glorious garden anywhere
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	The BetterBarrel Container gardening is booming across the country. Up until recently the large-sized container of choice has been the half whiskey barrel. However, whiskey barrels are heavy when filled with soil and they eventually rot. Enter the BetterBarrel.
National Gardening	Planting a Window Box Combine flowering plants and those with attractive foliage in window boxes to add color to decks, window sashes, and porch rails.
This Old House Jeanne Huber	Planting in Pots Container gardens are a movable feast for the senses. Here's how to assemble and care for knockout combinations
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Grow Space-Saving Tomatoes If you only have a small garden, there are varieties of tomatoes that will fit perfectly into the space.
National Gardening	Making a Raised-Bed Garden Raised beds are popular because they are relatively easy to build, plant, weed, and maintain.
This Old House	Winter Plant Tip: Buy Ugly Dormant bare-root plants make for a wise cold-weather purchase.
This Old House Keith Pandolfi	Fixes for Rain-barrel Snafus Though they're easy to use, it's just as easy to overlook simple tasks that keep rainwater barrels shipshape
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.
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	Growing Citrus in Containers By moving container-grown citrus trees into a greenhouse, sunroom, or bright indoor location, gardeners anywhere can grow them.
National Gardening April 2000 Steven A. Frowine	On Goldfish Pond These colorful fish are an easy-to-care-for addition to any water garden
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.
Popular Mechanics April 2009	How to Build and Install Raised Garden Beds These controlled experiments in plant parenthood are so easy, in fact, that they're also well-suited to novices picking up a shovel for the first time.
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This Old House Roger Cook	Smart Sprinkling When the skies are cloudless and the days are hot and long, you can help your lawn and garden survive by watering wisely
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.
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 Kim Haworth	Confessions of a Plant Thief Cuttings are an excellent way to propagate most perennials. So if you see a plant that appeals to you, just nip off a 6-inch piece of stem for rooting. And once roots have formed, the little plant will begin to grow and form new leaves.
National Gardening Rick Darke	Grasses in Containers Grow grasses in ornamental pots to create combinations that would be impossible in open soil.
This Old House Kathryn Keller	Backyard from Scratch 7 features that will transform a plain stretch of lawn into a lush landscape you'll really use and enjoy
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National Gardening	Annuals and Perennials for Containers Learn the differences between annuals and perennials, and use this guide for planting and caring for them in containers.
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).
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National Gardening David & Tina Silber	Meet Babaco Imagine yourself in the cool and misty mountain valleys of Ecuador. It was there--no one knows exactly when--that a horticultural miracle occurred. A new type of papaya appeared, one perfectly suited to home-garden growing: The six-foot-high plant is completely adaptable to container growing, and it fruits prolifically.
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.
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