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Watching my children play outdoors, I see the heart of my love of gardening in their full-bodied exploration of the natural world while collecting acorns, observing the first leaves emerging on the dogwood trees, and using their hands as imaginary bulldozers...

Some of it will land on female flowers and pollinate them.The fruit and seed of the oak tree is the familiar acorn. Botanists divide oak trees into two basic groups: white oaks and red oaks.

It will only aggravate it. The types of mulch you can use include: shredded tree leaves shredded bark coffee chaff sawdust buckwheat hulls peanut hulls cocoa hulls wheat straw How long before the soil is exposed again, requiring that your mulch be replenished,...

Knowing about mycorrhizae, what they do for plants, and how you can grow them with your plants can enable you to obtain their benefits for yourself in your own garden plot or yard.

Plumeria!The sample, safely enclosed in a Ziploc baggie, was presented to me by a couple who had recently moved to our neighborhood, and with whom I had struck up a conversation on the topic of the beautiful plumeria tree in their front yard.

Tell them your goal is a garden, and ask them to be easy on the topsoil. While there's no one right way to do it, here are some things you should consider when starting your garden from scratch.

I know next to nothing about most of those kinds of plants either, or whether any would be a good investment. This article is not about how to start, operate or manage a nursery, or how to make a profit doing so.

Check with your state historic preservation office for more information about available tax credits. Flea markets, antiques stores and architectural salvage shops are good places to look for supplies.

With a net, I might have scooped it up. Together, we found 23 acres near Arkansas' Ouachita National Forest. After just six months, we were able to move in our furniture. Eventually, we would raise enough quality fruit and vegetables to sell at a local...

Triclopyr will provide good to excellent purple loosestrife control when applied during the pre-to early-flower to lateflower growth stage. All stems and plant matter must be bagged and removed, as broken stems or branches left on the damp ground may...

If septics or municipal waste systems are impacted in your area, you have to be particularly careful. For severe issues like these, you have to bring in the big equipment. FEMA estimated more than $225,000 property damage.

The property was huge, relative to mine at least, and overlooked a good portion of the town. During lunches, I would wander about aimlessly among plants. At times he would entertain multiple guests and never ever seemed out of sorts, was always welcoming...

Most of the soil in my backyard is just like decomposed granite, only it hasn't gotten to the decomposition phase yet. So a number of plants that do not tolerate blasting heat (like many conifers) can grow there.

Tired of the same old assortment of pots for your burgeoning collection of succulent plants? Try anything your imagination comes up with.First two photos are of some aloes planted in bamboo posts sunk into the ground- these don't drain well unless you...

The microbes need to get nitrogen from somewhere and, because it isn't in the compost, they take it from the surrounding soil. Aerating the Pile Microbes use oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide while decomposing, which means it's an aerobic process.

I have never seen a poisoning from Manihot, but then it is a fairly rarely grown plant. But seem to leave the bulbs themselves alone. Thankfully these are also in the front yard and the dogs live in the back- so they will never even get a chance to eat...