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Desert Gardens

Shade Plants for a North-Facing Balcony Garden

September 27, 2017 Customer ServiceGardening

When planning a balcony garden, one of the first things to consider is the direction the balcony faces, as this will determine the amount of sunlight the garden will receive. The amount and duration of sunlight the garden receives is […]

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Dress Up Your Garden

September 26, 2017 Customer ServiceGardening

Would you get ready for an elegant soiree without putting on your earrings or your cufflinks? Would you give a carefully selected birthday gift without adding a lovely ribbon and bow? Probably not. Much as we are in the habit […]

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The Earwig: A Best Friend to the Garden or a Health Hazard?

November 26, 2016September 26, 2017 Customer ServiceGardening

Is it best for a garden’s health – or a gardener’s health – to eradicate earwigs, or to encourage them? How can people help an earwig population to thrive? How could one get rid of an earwig infestation? The Earwig […]

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Plant A Fragrant Flower Garden: Favorite Scented Flowers to Grow for Fragrance and Blooms All Season

November 26, 2016September 26, 2017 Customer ServiceGardening

Every gardener loves a fragrant flower, be it spicy, musky or sweetly scented. With careful selection, you can design and plant a flower garden to provide special scents and aromas to appreciate and enjoy from spring all the way through […]

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Top Low-Water Use Shrubs: For Desert Gardens Zones 7-9

November 7, 2016September 20, 2017 Customer ServiceDesert Gardens

This is not an exhaustive list of desert shrubs, but it is fairly extensive.   Included in the description are the common name for the plant, the scientific genus and species, average height and width and whether it is deciduous […]

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Twelve Vegetables for Spring Containers: Choosing Food Plants for Pots

September 30, 2016September 20, 2017 Customer ServiceVegetable Gardening

Many edible plants have been grown in containers for centuries. Even gardeners with ‘brown thumbs’ have been known to successfully cultivate herbs, fruits and vegetables in containers.   Not all vegetables do well in containers but the choice of plants […]

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How to Create a Wildlife Friendly Garden Pond: Building a Natural Pond, Choosing Suitable Plants and Planting

September 30, 2016September 26, 2017 Customer ServiceGardening

A wildlife friendly pond can be as small as an old water tank, but a decent sized pond with an adjacent marshy or boggy area will attract and support a wider range of birds, amphibians and insects.     The […]

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A Sunny Disposition to Aquariums: The Benefit of Sunlight towards the Planted Tank

September 28, 2016September 21, 2017 Customer Servicelandscaping

There are many arguments behind keeping plants in the aquarium, and most of them tend to center towards one particular rule: 2.5 w.p.g., or “Watts Per Gallon.” If you have a ten gallon tank, that means you putting in 25 […]

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Build a Pond-in-a-Pot: A perfect container water garden combo you can create in a flash!

September 26, 2016September 26, 2017 Customer ServiceGardening

Spike Rush and Red Hygrophila go together like peaches and cream on a hot summer day. One looks like a hedge hog, the other like violet rhapsody. But blended together in a container water garden, these plants jive.   Here’s […]

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More Out of the Norm Fish for a Water Garden: 5 New Alternatives to Koi and Goldfish

September 25, 2016September 25, 2017 Customer ServiceGardening, Pond

Generally most people get the idea to make a water garden and think about putting in some rocks and fountains, sprinkle in water lilies and some cattails, and then drop koi in randomly and let it go. Not that there […]

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