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Using Organza Bags for Organic Fruit Tree Pest Control
Learn how organza bags can protect your orchard fruit from pests without chemicals. Easy, affordable, and effective!
How to Start & Grow Dahlias in USDA Zone 7
If you're new to gardening and eager to grow some show-stopping flowers, dahlias are an excellent place to start. With their vibrant colors, diverse shapes, and long blooming season, dahlias are a favorite among gardeners—and for good reason. With a little planning and care, you can enjoy stunning blooms from mid-summer through the first frost. This guide will walk you through everything a beginner needs to know about starting dahlia tubers indoors in April or May and planting them out when the weather is right.
A Guide to Growing Peas and Sweet Peas for New Gardeners
Whether you're looking to grow your own peas for fresh eating and to add flavor to your meals or to create a fragrant, colorful display of flowers, both peas and sweet peas are fun and relatively easy choices for new gardeners. In this guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know to get started growing peas and sweet peas, from when to sow the seeds to when to harvest.
How to Create and Maintain Tree Mulch Rings
The main benefit for maintaining mulch rings around your trees, especially young fruit trees, is to significantly reduce or eliminate competition for water and nutrients from grass and weeds growing around the root zone.
Growing Pumpkins From Your Halloween Jack-o’-Lanterns
After Halloween last year, we took the pumpkins out back to one of our available garden beds. They're still fairly new with nothing permanently planted yet but I have been enriching the soil with compost, seasoned manure, and grass clippings. I chucked the pumpkins high in the air and each crashed down and split open (that was for fun, not a necessary step).