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How To Identify Plant Nutrient Deficiencies

Not all plant problems are caused by insects or diseases. Sometimes an unhealthy plant is suffering from a nutrient deficiency or even too much of any one nutrient. Plant nutrient deficiencies often...

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Gardening for the Birds

A garden that birds visit has a life of its own. It doesn’t matter how beautiful your borders are or how finely shaped your topiary is, a garden with no wild, feathered visitors is a duller place than...

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How to Increase your Garden’s Bee Population

What’s happening to the bees? Honey bees (and all other bees too, for that matter) are struggling. Recent winters have seen catastrophic cases of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), where entire hives die...

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How To Create a Bee-Friendly Garden

Have you noticed a decline of pollinators in your garden of late? Honeybee numbers are declining due to several factors, and it’s finally starting to make headlines. The loss of bee colonies has...

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DIY Vertical Herb Garden with a Shoe Organiser

  Don’t have enough space in your place to grow some herbs? Turn a shoe organizer into a vertical garden and as long as you have even a balcony railing with sun exposure, you’ll have more than enough...

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A Simple Soil Science Test

You can help your soil support your plants, flowers, trees, shrubs, and lawns by learning what it is made of. Testing your soil involves a simple do-at-home science experience that you can complete in...

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6 Compost Problems and How to Fix Them

As every gardener knows, composting is an essential process that promotes sustainability and plant health for gardens of all sizes. Seasonally purchasing compost to use as a soil amendment can be...

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How to Grow an Avocado Plant

Next time you make guacamole, think twice before you toss that avocado pip. It’s a seed after all, which you can use to grow an entirely new avocado plant. It will help reduce your food waste, and when...

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How To: Become a Backyard Beekeeper

You add a dollop of honey to your tea, spread it on toast, and drizzle it on ice cream. What if you could have an unlimited supply of this golden elixir? Instead of buying honey at the store, consider...

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How to: Install a Drip Irrigation System for Small Gardens

A lot of time and hard work goes into planning, planting, and caring for a home garden. Once little seedlings sprout up through the earth, the impending summer heat could be the demise of all of your...

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