Lawn & Garden: Gardening, Hydroponics and Ortho Products

Window Herb Gardens Keep Fresh Herbs On Your Table All Year

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If you have a summer herb garden, it’s always a disappointment when cooler weather sets in and your fresh herbs die down. Now you need to rely on dried herbs as the next best thing to enhance your menus. Or do you? With a south-facing window and a little TLC, you can have a thriving … Read more...

Controlling Weeds Without Herbicides

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Control Weeds Without Using Herbicides

If you have a garden of any size, you probably do not look forward to pulling the inevitable yearly crop of weeds. Not only are they unsightly, but weeds leach valuable nutrients from your desirable landscape plants. Out of sheer frustration, you may be tempted to exterminate them with a commercial herbicide. However, your conscience … Read more...

Plants And Flowers For Your Yard

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Plants and Flowers For Your Yard

My husband and I bought a new home, which means we also bought a new yard. I am glad that it is winter right now because I have no idea how to landscape a yard. I love to look at plants and flowers. I do not love taking care of them. I have started to … Read more...

Plant Creepers

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Plant Creepers Can Be A Thing Of Beauty

If you have ever owned a plant like mint, you will have probably noticed plant creepers that have formed from the main body of the plant and have tried to grow from its pot or place in the garden. These plant creepers are a part of the plant’s natural reproductive phase, an ability that allows … Read more...

Carnivorous Plants

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Plants - Venus Flytrap

If you want to add a unique touch to your garden, carnivorous plants are bound to get attention. From the common Venus Flytrap to the Cobra plant, these exotics serve several purposes. In areas that have high populations of bugs, it lowers the amount of flies or other insects that bother you. While the benefit is … Read more...

Bean Plant Growth

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Bean Plant Growth

If you are planning a garden, knowing the full cycle of bean plant growth can enable you to maximize the bean growing season, optimizing the amount of crop you get for the effort that you put in. All types of beans, ranging from the common snap pea to soy beans, are a healthy addition to … Read more...

Vegetable Gardening – You Can’t Beat The Taste Of Home Grown Veggies

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Vegetable Garden

Vegetable gardening has lately become just as popular as going to the grocery store fore produce. Vegetable gardening can produce vegetable that are usually cheaper than store bought, and vegetables from a home vegetable garden definitely taste better by far. Vegetable gardening is no different than growing herbs or flowers and if the proper steps … Read more...

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