All Things Gardening

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  • 4 minutes 55 seconds
    Plant some flowering shrubs close to your house so you can enjoy their color and fragrance for years
    Their heady fragrance can transport you; plant tall or smaller flowering shrubs for color and scent all season.
    12 May 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 50 seconds
    Mow or no? Some lawncare tips to benefit pollinators
    The trend of "No Mow May" follows the logic that leaving your whole lawn unmowed for the month can help pollinators. The birds, bugs and bees will use the overgrown weeds and flowers as food and shelter. Instead of doing this for a month then mowing it all down, consider dedicating a small portion of your yard to pollinators for the whole season.
    5 May 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 23 seconds
    Honoring Earth Day through everyday gardening habits
    This Earth Day, embrace some more Earth friendly gardening practices, like reusing plastic pots, forgoing pesticides and planting pollinator friendly lawns.
    21 April 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 24 seconds
    As climate change brings more frequent rain events, these plants fare well in wetter areas
    With bigger and more frequent rain events brought on by human-caused climate change, you can either raise up your garden or try planting things that thrive in wetter conditions.
    14 April 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 15 seconds
    For a new twist on spring greens, cultivate rapini and sorrel
    Spring greens can add brightness and flavor to your meals. Forage for some wintercress or dandelions or cultivate new types, like rapini and upland cress.
    7 April 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 50 seconds
    No-till gardening keeps helpful microbes in your soil for fewer weeds and healthier plants
    Instead of traditional tilling, or turning of the soil to prepare it for spring planting, the "no-dig" method is just that. No digging keeps the billions of helpful microbes intact in the soil. It could lead to fewer weeds and healthier soil and plants.
    31 March 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 55 seconds
    Prune hydrangea with confidence using these handy tips
    When and how to prune hydrangeas can really help set up the plant for better blooms.
    24 March 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 30 seconds
    Try planting strawberries, clover and saponaria as ground covers to attract and benefit pollinators
    Planting a pollinator garden is a great addition to a yard, but if you're low on space, consider replacing grass with these ground covers that are just as attractive and beneficial to pollinators.
    17 March 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 50 seconds
    Snap out of it! Pea planting weather is just around the corner
    Peas aren't just green anymore! Pea plants come in three types: snap, snow and shelling. And some varieties grow in yellow and purple shades. Find a new, colorful favorite to plant in your gardens and raised beds.
    10 March 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 29 seconds
    Plant perennials like heuchera that pack a punch of color in their leaves
    Heuchera or coral bells are perennials in the evergreen family and come in many flower colors — but it's the pink, purple, and yellow foliage that packs the maximum color punch.
    3 March 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 11 seconds
    Purple through and through: A new GMO tomato that home gardeners can grow
    "Purple" is a new tomato from the Norfolk Plant Science group in England that has genes from a purple snapdragon flower. That modification gives the tomato its deep purple hue through and through, plus packs in more antioxidants.
    25 February 2024, 1:00 pm
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