Little Plants & Charming Pots: {Creative Gardening}

Today’s feature is from Home Made Simple with these clever (and gift-worthy) Creative Container Ideas For Small Plants:
Tiny flowers, little leaves and beautiful colors all define the world of pretty little plants. Not only do these small wonders have adorable features, they can be planted in whimsical ways…
General Planting Tips for Little Plants: Clean and [...]

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Creative Container Gardening: Tips & Ideas

Lots of goodies today! If you’d like to get creative with your yard display this year, I’ve put together a list to help tweak some creative container ideas for you (this is also a great way to repurpose household items that would otherwise be junked).
Next you’ll find four videos: two provide tips for container gardening [...]

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10 Tips For Starting Seeds: {Gardening}

Today’s feature is from Fine Gardening with these 10 Seed-Starting Tips:
How a practiced propagator gets seedlings off to a healthy start…
Growing plants from seed is not always an easy task, and over the years I have developed and adopted the following techniques to ensure that seeds get a healthy start.
The article is a great reference [...]

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Peonies Question & Answer Sheet: {Gardening Tips}

I have some peonies that never bloom. What can be wrong with them? Several things might prevent them from blooming but the most likely is that they are planted too deeply. Two inches is the proper depth, and beyond that they frequently produce “blind” buds which will not open.
What fertilizer is good for peonies? They [...]

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Jade Plant Care & Growing Tips

The Jade plant (Crassula ovata) is a succulent and is one of the easiest to grow houseplants–it can live for decades with the proper care (or maybe neglect is a better word). A native of South Africa, it grows naturally in dry conditions and has developed thick fleshy leaves to hold the moisture which it [...]

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Forcing Bulbs Indoors For Winter Blooms: How-To & Tips

Imagine the dreary months of January and February, cold, bleak, windy–but you can easily add a touch of Spring inside your home by forcing bulbs ahead of time that will then bloom indoors during the winter months. Here’s how:
Understanding How Forcing Bulbs Works
When planting flowering bulbs like Tulips in the garden, you need to plant [...]

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How To Sterilize Soil At Home

Potting soil is sterilized to give your plants the best growing environment possible by killing weed seeds or disease organisms that might be lingering in the soil. Most commercial potting soil is already sterilized but if you want to use that rich dark soil right from your garden or reuse your potting soil, here are [...]

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