Jackie Rhoades
Jackie Rhoades began writing for Gardening Know How in 2010.
Latest articles by Jackie Rhoades
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Learn About Lily Beetles Control
What are the red beetles eating my Asiatic lilies? It?s a lily leaf beetle. Read this article for more information on these pests and what you can do to save your precious lily plants.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Eggshell Seed Pots: Teaching Kids How To Grow Seedlings In An Eggshell
Kids love to play in the dirt and starting seeds in eggshells is a great way to let them do what they like. This article will help get you started with growing eggshell seedlings with your kids.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Azalea Pest - Azalea Bark Scale
Help! My azalea's turning black! You've been attacked by the scourge of the azalea. You've been invaded by the azalea bark scale. Read this article to learn more about this pest and how to control it.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Using Rain Barrels: Learn About Collecting Rainwater For Gardening
How do you collect rainwater and what are the benefits? The following article will answer these questions so you can decide if harvesting rainwater with rain barrels is right for you.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Lasagna Gardening - Creating A Garden With Layers
Lasagna gardening is a method of building a garden bed without double digging or tilling. How do you make a lasagna garden? Find more information and help with getting started.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Tips For Growing Grass In Shady Areas
How to get grass to grow in the shade has been a problem for homeowners since lawns became fashionable. This article provides tips for growing grass in shady areas so you can have the yard you want.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Bok Choy Plant Bolt: How To Prevent Bolting In Bok Choy
Bolt or bolting is a common problem for gardeners who want to grow this tasty Asian vegetable. Find out what it means when bok choy bolts in this article so you can prevent it in future years.
By Jackie Rhoades
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White Leaf Spot Control - How To Treat White Spots On Plant Leaves
White spots on the plant leaves - what is it exactly? Read this article to learn more about downy leaf spot and what to do for these white spots on leaves. Click here for more information.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Trimming Muscadine Vines - How To Prune Muscadine Grapevines
Muscadine grapes have been cultivated since colonial times. Knowing how to prune muscadine grapevines properly is a must. Learn how to prune these grapes in the following article.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Acorn Squash Growing Tips For Your Garden
Acorn squash can be kept through the winter, unlike their thin skinned and vulnerable cousins, the summer squash. Learn how to grow acorn squash in your garden and find harvesting tips in this article.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Pruning Photinia Shrubs: How And When To Prune A Red Tip Photinia
Learning about pruning care for red tip photinia is not as straightforward as it initially appears. That being said, the information in this article can help provide tips for cutting back photinia shrubs.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Planting Pomegranate Trees: How To Grow A Pomegranate Tree From Seeds
Questions about how to plant a pomegranate seed show up quite frequently lately. Find out how to grow pomegranate from seeds in the following article so you can try your hand at cultivating these fruits.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Peppermint Planting: Growing Peppermint And How To Use Peppermint Plant
Almost everyone has heard of peppermint. Learning how to grow peppermint is easy, but before we get into growing peppermint, let's learn a little bit about the plant itself. This article will help with that.
By Jackie Rhoades
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How To Make A Tree Straight And Stop Trees From Leaning
Most gardeners want the trees in their yard to grow straight and tall, but sometimes Mother Nature has other ideas - a leaning tree. Can you straighten a tree? Read this article to find out more.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Grass Seed For Shade: What Grass Grows In Shade
Grass doesn't like shade. If you have a lot of shade trees or other low light conditions in your yard, you're never going to have a lawn. It's as simple as that. Or is it? Learn more here.
By Jackie Rhoades
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How To Grow Shrimp Plants - Growing Information And Shrimp Plant Care
Before we talk about how to care for a shrimp plant, you should know what a shrimp plant is. This is an evergreen shrub that requires certain needs to grow it successfully. Read this article to learn more.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Blight On Tomatoes - Tomato Blight Treatment And Prevention
What is tomato blight? Blight on tomatoes is caused by a fungal infection and like all fungi, they are spread by spores and require damp, warm weather conditions to flourish. Learn more in this article.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Plants For Gardening With Salt Water Soil
Salty soils occur when sodium builds up in the soil. Even runoff from winter salt spray can create a microclimate in need of salt resistant gardens. This article can help with choosing salt tolerant plants.
By Jackie Rhoades
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What Is Urea: Tips On Feeding Plants With Urine
Can urine be used as a fertilizer? As a matter of fact, it can, and its use can improve your organic garden's growth at no cost. This article has tips and information for using urea fertilizer.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Causes Of Problems With Eucalyptus Trees
Problems with eucalyptus trees are a fairly recent occurrence. The trees are native to Australia and up until 1990 were relatively pest and disease free. Find out more about eucalyptus tree problems in this article.
By Jackie Rhoades
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What Is Onion Bolting And How To Keep An Onion From Bolting
Onions are easy to grow; however, even in perfect soil, nutrient, and light conditions, gardeners all face a problem over which they have little control: onion bolting. Learn how to keep onions from bolting here.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Goldfish Hanging Plant - How To Grow Goldfish Houseplant
Goldfish plants derive their name from the unusual shape of their flowers which, with some imagination, resemble fish. The following article will help you with tips on growing and caring for this plant.
By Jackie Rhoades