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National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Landscape Fabrics Try the easy way to a weed-free yard this summer. Landscape fabrics eliminate weed growth around trees and shrubs for years, saving the time and energy you'll spend weeding and spraying herbicides. |
This Old House Lynn Ocone |
How to Get Rid of Weeds How to identify common weeds in your lawn and professional removal tips to get rid of them. |
This Old House Lynn Ocone |
The War on Weeds How to identify and get rid of the most common weeds in your lawn. |
National Gardening |
Cultivating the Garden A little work now will save you tons of time and trouble later in the season. |
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 |
Mulching Trees and Shrubs Why mulch? Because it helps minimize weeds, conserve moisture, moderate soil temperature, and make your yard look good. |
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 |
Cultivating Greens Weeds are green and while some, like lamb's quarters and purslane, can be eaten as greens, you really don't want them growing in among your salad crops. They steal moisture, fertilizer and sunlight. |
This Old House Roger Cook |
May Is for Mulching Decorate and protect your beds now, before the heat of summer sets in. |
National Gardening Jack Ruttle |
The Tomato-Vetch Connection A USDA-devised mulch system is revolutionizing tomato farming... |
National Gardening |
Establishing a Wildflower Meadow A how-to guide for planting a wildflower meadow. |
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. |
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 Josh Garskof |
Get Ready for Fall Now's the best time to spruce up your yard |
National Gardening Robert Kourik |
Rolling Out the Carpet My garden's carpeted. No, not with flowers or ground covers, but with actual carpet that's hidden under the wood-chipped, mulched pathways. The carpet prevents growth of the most stubborn perennial weeds, so I don't have to dig them out by hand or use herbicides... |
National Gardening Dan Hickey |
Kill Weeds With Heat Propane torches kill weeds |
National Gardening |
Tools for Preparing the Garden Before a single plant even touches the ground in your garden, it would be wise to spend time preparing the soil. You'll have fewer weeds and diseases and better plant growth, flowering, and fruiting later. |
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 September 2007 Roger Cook |
Fall Groundwork "This is prime time to prep your yard for the next growing season," says our landscape contractor. |
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. |
National Gardening |
Composting Q and A Starting a Compost Pile... Critters in Compost...Foul-Smelling Compost Pile... Adding Compost to a Perennial Garden... Speeding Decomposition... Planting Directly in Compost... Compost Quantity...Compost vs. Mulch... Materials to Compost... Sawdust in Compost Pile... |
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 |
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 |
Caring for Potatoes Caring for potatoes requires proper watering, cultivating and hilling. |
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 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? |
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 |
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. |
National Gardening Karen Dardick |
Meadows Come to Town Weary of the lawn routine? Wildscapes are an intriguing alternative |
Popular Mechanics April 2010 Jim Gorman |
6 Weeks To a Perfect Lawn Once it's started on improved soil, grass needs very little care to look crisp, green, cool and inviting. |
This Old House Jeanne Huber |
Back to Nature The greenest approach to landscaping returns a yard to its roots. |
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 |
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. |
This Old House Keith Pandolfi |
Green Acres How to break your lawn's addition to synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Wildflowers for the Holidays It's the holiday season and if you're trying to find the right gift for the gardeners in your family, consider wildflowers. |
Popular Mechanics June 2000 Joseph R. Provey |
Install a new lawn If your lawn suffers from acute soil compaction, rampant weed problems, heavy thatch or organic matter deficiencies, you may want to remove the existing weeds and grass and start anew. |
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 |
Preparing Soil for Greens When it's early in the season and nearly time to plant a host of greens, put in a little time with your garden soil to prevent weed problems. |
National Gardening Michael MacCaskey |
Weed and Feed ... naturally Corn meal gluten stops weed seeds... |
Popular Mechanics April 2000 Joseph R. Provey |
Green Pastures Not all lawns that are in bad shape need to be replaced. A well-executed restoration plan can bring all but the worst turf back to life. |
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 |
Plant Greens in Wide Rows Wide-row planting involves broadcasting seeds in a wide band, thus creating thicker rows with fewer paths in between. Not all vegetables, of course, are meant for wide rows. |
This Old House Lynn Ocone |
Putting Down Roots How to add a tree to your yard---the right way. |
This Old House Sal Vaglica |
All About Lawns Readers want to know how to grow a dense, healthy carpet of grass. Here, experts help you choose the right turf and the best way get the greenest lawn in the neighborhood. |
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. |
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. |
National Gardening |
Planting Strawberries Strawberries will do best in soil that has been thoroughly prepared. If your future strawberry bed was plowed last year, you're ahead of the game. |
National Gardening |
Preventing Rose Diseases It's no surprise that roses are among the most popular ornamental garden plants: they're beautiful, fragrant, and easy to grow in most climates. |
National Gardening Warren Schultz |
Building Great Soil Soil is the most important factor in successful gardening. Here are tips on evaluating and improving your soil. |
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. |