Latest articles by Heather Rhoades
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Bacterial Speck Identification and Tips For Control For Bacterial Speck On Tomato Plants
Tomato bacterial speck is a less common but certainly possible tomato disease that can happen in the home garden. Read this article to learn more about the symptoms of bacterial speck on tomatoes.
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Miniature Ponds - How To Build A Small Pond In Your Garden
Small backyard ponds allow you to enjoy these things without taking up large amounts of space in your garden. Learn the steps for how to build a small pond in this article.
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Eliminate Mushrooms In Your Lawn
Lawn mushrooms are a common landscaping problem, but mushrooms growing in the lawn can be easily fixed if you know how. This article will help with that. Click here to learn more about mushrooms in lawns.
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Planting Asparagus: How To Make An Asparagus Bed
Anyone who is a fan of asparagus but not a fan of the cost of buying them in the grocery store has wondered how to make an asparagus bed. Read this article to learn how to start asparagus beds.
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Tips For Growing Amaranth For Food
Though the amaranth plant is typically grown as a decorative flower, it is an excellent food crop grown in many parts of the world. Growing amaranth for food is fun and interesting, and this article will help.
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Allotment Gardens - Learning About Urban Community Gardening
Allotment gardens allow city and apartment dwellers to enjoy the benefits of gardening and foster a spirit of community. The benefits of community gardens are many and can be found in this article.
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Can Squash Cross Pollinate With Cucumbers
An old wives tale says if you plan to grow squash and cucumbers in the same garden, you should plant them as far away to prevent cross pollination. So do squash and cucumber plants cross pollinate? Find out here.
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Bareroot Planting: How To Plant Bareroot Trees
Many people buy bareroot trees and shrubs from mail order catalogs in order to take advantage of significant savings - but then wonder how to plant bareroot trees. Read here to find out.
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Purslane Weed - Eliminating Purslane In The Garden
The purslane plant can be a difficult weed to control due to its multiple survival methods. Much like a zombie, even after you think you have killed it, it can come back to life again and again. Find how to control it here.
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Information On Common Tomato Plant Problems
Tomatoes are easy to grow, but that doesn't mean they don't have problems. Read on to learn more about common tomato issues.
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Learn About Different Colored Tomatoes To Add Diversity & Flavor To Your Vegetable Garden
It may surprise you to learn that with different tomato varieties, color is not constant. As a matter of fact, tomatoes were not always red. Read here to learn about different colored tomatoes for growing.
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Staking Tomato Plants - Find The Best Way To Stake Tomatoes
Staking tomato plants is an excellent way to improve the quality of the tomatoes you will harvest and helps to keep the tomato plants healthier. Finding the best way to stake tomatoes depends on a few factors found here.
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Acclimating Houseplants Outdoors
Houseplants appreciate some fresh air during springtime after being cooped up all winter, but this shouldn't be done all at once. Learn about acclimating your houseplants outdoors in this article.
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Does Pruning Bell Peppers Help: How to Prune Pepper Plants
There are many theories and suggestions that float around the world of gardening. One of them is that pruning pepper plants will help to improve the yield on peppers. Get information about pruning pepper plants here.
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Growing Savory In Your Garden
Growing savory in the home herb garden is not as common but both winter and summer savory are excellent additions to the kitchen. Planting savory is easy and, this article will help.
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How To Plant Chives - Growing Chives In Your Garden
If there were an award for "easiest herb to grow", growing chives would win that award. Learning how to grow chives is so easy that even a child can do it. Get growing tips for chives in this article.
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How To Grow Garlic In Warmer Climates
Most garlic varieties need to a certain amount of cold weather to form the tasty bulbs. For gardeners in warmer climates, this can be a frustrating. Find out how to grow garlic in warmer climates.
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Squash Blossoms Falling Off Vine
You just spent several weeks lovingly caring for a squash plant. Then the next thing you know, those squash blossoms are falling off the vine. What should you do? Read here to learn why squash blossoms fall off the vine.
