Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Garden Styles for Shade and Sun

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Are you acquiring a new home with a garden?  Or do you want to change parts or your whole garden? Which plants do you like best?  What would...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Plant Cheerful Spring Flower Bulbs Now

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  Did you already plant your spring bulbs?  From the end of September to the end of October is the best time, depending on which hardiness z...
Sunday, October 3, 2021

Create Your Own Coleus Flowers for Next Summer

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  The largest - more than two feet in height - and most magnificent  coleus plants I have ever seen were propagated by a friend.   Last ye...
Monday, September 27, 2021

Botanical Garden: A Sanctuary in Downtown Antwerp

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  Trying to escape the crowds downtown, around the Rubens House , and the market in Antwerp on a Saturday afternoon, I stumbled by chance i...

How to Easily Test Your Garden Soil

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When I recently helped a friend to improve her large garden I could not find a single earthworm.  As I dug into the soil, it looked depleted...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Bugbane - Flower-Shrub - a Unique Beauty in Your Garden

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  Bugbane - Botanical Name, Actaea: Its common name of Bugbane comes from both, its attribute of being virtually pest-free, as well as usefu...
Monday, September 13, 2021

Hardy Cyclamen - Becoming My Favored Fall Shade Plants

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  You might know Cyclamen as indoor plants and might have them in your house already. But did you know that there are flowering plants from ...
Friday, July 16, 2021

How and When to Prune Roses

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  Why You Should Prune Your Roses There are two main reasons to prune roses. The first is to keep them from becoming huge, ungainly monsters...
Sunday, June 27, 2021

Basic Garden Design - Not Only for Beginners

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  Many garden owners are tempted by the displays or by special sales in garden centers and carry home whatever they find attractive. Often o...
Monday, May 10, 2021

Waterwise Flowers, Shrubs, Grasses, and Trees

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  . Years ago when there was a seven-year drought in California, many municipalities offered incentives for starting water-wise gardens. Do ...
Saturday, May 1, 2021

Your First Veggies

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  New to vegetable gardening? Or did you try your hands already on some greens, maybe in containers or among flowers? In any case, it is a l...