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The design and implementation of a plan for a beautiful yard and garden can set your home apart. |
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How do gardeners create such wonderful potted plant designs? They follow the ten basics of container planter creativity. |
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There can be so many technical questions to ask about your yard and garden, your plants and trees, and your soil and water, but you don’t know who to go to for the answers or your budget can’t afford a private horticulturist or technician. |
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A garden or flower bed can begin with beautiful plants, but their continuing growth and beauty will depend on whether they are receiving the proper amount of water. This is especially important since over 90% of a plant consists of water. Your plants' water requirements are dependant on the type of plant, the plant environment, the type of soil and the amount of time and energy that you have to spend in watering. The results of a proper watering schedule can produce a healthy plant with a good root system, the ability to resist disease and the capability to grow, flower and multiply.
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Fertilizers supply plants with a steady supply of nutrients. They are the equivalent of the nutrition that we humans get from our foods and supplements. Knowing what your plants require and understanding the fertilizer product label will help you decide what product to purchase.
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Side-planting basic: Choose the Right Plants. |
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Originated for coco liner planters, but work just as well in the Bloom Master Planters. |
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Fall doesn't have to mean the end of your planter season! |
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Composting is the process by which organic materials, such as yard and kitchen wastes, are decomposed into a dark-colored, nutrient-righ, soil-building conditioner called humus... |
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A Few Words about Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) uses a variety of methods to keep pest populations
and their damage at acceptable levels. IPM seeks to manage, rather than eradicate, pests.
Instead of finding an insect or disease on a tree and immediately spraying the tree, and in
some cases the entire yard, IPM practitioners first identify the problem.
If the problem appears to be an insect that chews holes in the leaves, the ne |
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