Cutting
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Removing the (Literal) Dead Wood
Chookie's Back Yard &bull Yesterday
This afternoon was good gardening weather with comfortable temperatures of about 22 C. So it was time to bring out the pruning saw and the secateurs for an afternoon of removing dead trees and shrubs. Well, the tree finally bit… Full Story »
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- Shrubs
- Trees
- Eucalyptus
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How to Clean Up Hellebores
Mr. McGregor's Daughter &bull Mar 11, 2010
The easiest way to start cutting back is with the top most stems. This is the most perilous part of the procedure for the plants. Many an experienced gardener (including yours truly) has inadvertently cut off a bud along with… Full Story »
Womanswork 610sg Shade Garden Wheel
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Trimming and crafting days!
A Succulent Life! &bull Mar 10, 2010
Hey that title reminds me of my self proclaimed "Country Woman Days" I tried to do one vacation week, and it about wore me out! Ha. It was fun trying it though. I made breads, washed, cleaned, trimmed, crafted, did old time… Full Story »
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Healing Echinacea
Gardening Australia &bull Mar 10, 2010
As well as providing a spectacular, colourful display in the garden, echinacea possesses medicinal properties. Normally a plant is better known by its common name but, in the case of this daisy-like perennial, its botanic name is very well known thanks to its medicinal value. Every time you catch a cold… Full Story »
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A Garden In Maui
Outside Clyde &bull Mar 7, 2010
Heading to the original Client #1's.A nine year old tropical garden gets the front beds revampedWhile plenty of evidence remains of the original design and how big and fast things can grow.These where all just tiny things when I planted… Full Story »
Boy Girl Dog Park Bench Shade Garden Yard Art Deck Deco
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A Spring Bouquet
Rock rose &bull Mar 6, 2010
One of my favorite spring flowers is the stock, which I started these from seed last year. Unfortunately they are in one of the vegetable beds, which is often the case with my flowers. When we find ourselves leaving town… Full Story »
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- Irrigation
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Highland Council in Scotland awards contract
Horticulture Week: Latest News &bull Mar 5, 2010
Highland Council in Scotland has awarded grounds maintenance work in Lochaber and Skye to two firms. Golder Landscapes and Growing Concern Scotland will carry out grass cutting and weed control in a three-year contract. Full Story »
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grafting techniques
www.ext.nodak.edu via @ajoohoo &bull Feb 24, 2010The whip graft works best when the stock and scion are of similar diameter, preferably between 1/4 and 1/2 inch. The stock can be either a plant growing in the field or a dormant bare root plant as in bench… Full Story »
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The Vermont Gardener: Weeds and Alders Become Garden
Garden Voices &bull Feb 22, 2010Past 5:30 PM. I can still see the lower road from my office window. The birds have left the feeders for the day and things are quiet except for Karl the Wonder Dog as he barks at ice fishermen, slow to make the corner as they head home for the day.All gardeners… Full Story »
Cottage Farms Easy-Care Shade Garden Collection
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Celebrate February 23, National Banana Bread Day
Dave's Garden &bull Feb 22, 2010
You've found the famous Dave's Garden website! Join this friendly global community that shares tips and ideas for home and gardens, along with seeds and plants! It seems there is a designated day to celebrate just about everything anymore. I was amused to find that there is a day dedicated to banana bread, too! What a great excuse to warm up your kitchen by baking a moist, fragrant batch of banana bread! Though I am not dedicated enough to attempt to grow my own tropical banana tree in central Illinois, I do frequently buy their mellow fruits at the grocery… Full Story »
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Winter Walk
Snappy's Gardens Blog &bull Feb 21, 2010
My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. When we awoke today we found it had snowed overnight, and laid on the ground. The whole street was white in virginal snow. I wanted to go today… Full Story »
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Vegetable Garden – Cutting and putting up Green Onions
www.icvgroup.net via @auroraeva &bull Feb 20, 2010The container I use for the green onions is approx 18 inches across and about 16 inches deep. It’s a large flower pot. Plenty big enough to grow all the green onion tops a family could use. Full Story »
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Garden Detective: Pruning peach trees, pollinating chestnut trees
SacBee -- Home and Garden &bull Feb 20, 2010
The usual method of pruning these trees is to remove half the shoots that grew the previous year. This can be done by cutting each shoot in half or by cutting half of the shoots off completely. Then in the dormant season, summer-pruned trees need only to have crossing branches removed and wood thinned so that sunlight enters inside the tree's canopy. That allows fruit to… Full Story »
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Brussel’s Satsuki Azalea Outdoor Bonsai Tree
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U.S. Flags
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Crepe Murder Mystery
Dave's Garden &bull Feb 20, 2010
You've found the famous Dave's Garden website! Join this friendly global community that shares tips and ideas for home and gardens, along with seeds and plants! When a Crepe Mrytle mysteriously starts growing where a Silver Birch is planted, a novice gardener gets to the bottom of how not to murder a Crepe Myrtle. It has been four years since I stood in a barren yard and decided to turn it into a wild green oasis. Looking at it now, it is hard to trace the many steps that have been taken in its transformation and although it is far… Full Story »
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Travertine Tiles – A Timeless Beauty
www.organic-gardeening.com via @green_garden &bull Feb 19, 2010Travertine is basically porous natural stone that requires some kind of sealing to protect the tile from stains, and wear and tear. The outcome of this kind of sealing is that the stone is able to give more colours and… Full Story »
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Design basics, Sharing Nature's Garden on tour
Central Texas Gardener Blog &bull Feb 18, 2010
Last week a couple of gardeners commented that their crinums had never bloomed. Take heart! These guys can be as slow as mountain laurels and Mexican plums. In fact, it was so long before this crinum bloomed that Id forgotten… Full Story »
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Gargoyle Freeform Stained Glass by GlassofManyColors on Etsy
www.etsy.com via @GlassManyColors &bull Feb 18, 2010We had wanted to create a stained glass gargoyle for quite awhile but couldn't find a suitable subject to use. Finally after much online surfing time we found a garden statue whose lines could be adapted to our art in… Full Story »
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Henchman offer discount to Landscape Juice members
Landscape and horticulture expert &bull Feb 18, 2010
I don't need telling as I have spent many years touring gardens...the answer is that the majority of gardens have some kind of difficult greenery that needs to be accessed for maintenance. Over the many years I have been involved… Full Story »
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Looking After And Growing Orchids
flowergardenblog.com via @FlowerGardenBlo &bull Feb 18, 2010You can keep orchids for a very long period of time. If you are thinking about starting to grow your collection of these plants, it isn\’t too difficult. As long as you do some background work on how to take… Full Story »
