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Useful information for gardening in the North and Midwest, and detailed articles on a variety of gardening subjects.
Boulevard Gardens
How to create a beautiful garden in your “hellstrip”
Foundation Planting
False Cypress Confusion
How Far Apart
How far apart should I plant hedge plants? shrubs? roses? hedge roses? perennials? ornamental grass? trees?
Fall Planting
Planting spring flowering bulbs, annuals and perennials, shrubs and trees.
Preparing Plants for Winter
Watering, fertilizing and mulching in autumn
Preparing Shrubs and Perennials for Winter
Protecting tender shrubs and perennials
Preparing Evergreens for Winter
When and how to wrap evergreens and anti-transpirants
Protecting Plants from Winter Pests
Protecting shrubs and trees from rodents, rabbits and deer
Preparing the Lawn for Winter
Keeping your lawn healthy from autumn through winter.
What do Gardeners do in Winter?
Ideas to keep busy with gardening related activities, and get a head start on spring.
Forcing Bulbs in Winter
Easy bulb forcing
Gardening Terms and Definitions
Glossary of gardening terms
Quick Tips
Short tips to make your gardening successful and your chores easier and more efficient.
Deadheading
Maintenance deadheading and midseason cleanup for your annuals and perennials, thorough deadheading and trimming back.
‘Hakuro-nishiki’
Complete information on growing and caring for the Dappled Willow, ‘Hakuro-nishiki’.
Lawn and Garden Chores
Ideas and information about lawn and landscape maintenance.
Soil Amendments
Fixing soil problems with simple organic amendments
The Truth About Deer and Rabbit Proof Plants
The Scoop on Mail Order Plants
What you need to know about ordering your seeds, annuals, perennials, shrubs and even trees on the internet or by mail order.
Poisonous Plants
Common outdoor and indoor plants that are mildly to fatally poisonous.
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