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Lawns 101 Much has been said about whether or not Americans should rethink their passion for the home lawn. If you determine that a grass lawn makes sense for your yard, planting the right variety of grass at the right time of year will go a long way in making yours a healthy, easy-care lawn. |
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5 Steps to Grow & Build a Perfect Lawn -- With Free Time to Spare Each spring, millions of homeowners spend too much of their cherished weekends trying to maintain a lush, green lawn. But sun and rain also bring lawn-choking weeds and voracious bugs. Here are five tips to keep you lawn healthy. |
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Establishing a Wildflower Meadow A how-to guide for planting a wildflower meadow. |
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Cultivating the Garden A little work now will save you tons of time and trouble later in the season. |
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Sweet Corn Essentials Tips on planting, growing, and harvesting sweet corn. |
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'Karl Foerster' feather reed grass Several exciting new ornamental grasses have come into our gardens the last few years, but none with the beauty, versatility, and reliability of feather reed grass, also known as Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'... |
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Corn: Planting Variations If you like experimenting, there are some variations on the basic planting methods you may want to try. |
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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. |
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Go For The Green Summer lawn tips from Scotts. |
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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. |
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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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Grass Be Gone Two ways to quickly remove established turf. |
