Crepe Myrtles are a staple in the southern garden for their colorful long blooming flowers in the heat of summer and their basically easy/no care. The following 4 care tips will help you have beautiful healthy crepe myrtles. Powdery Mildew: A wet spring can lead to powdery mildew on your crepe myrtles, especially if you …
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Growing Strawberries
Everybody loves strawberries! Strawberry pie, Strawberry Shortcake, plain ole strawberries! But those you get at the grocery store sure take a lot of sugar, because lets face it, they just are NOT sweet! The reason is, they have to be picked and shipped before they are red and ripe, before they are fully developed and …
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Growing Vines on Walls Without Damage
Whenever I see a wall covered in vines I think of exotic places, old-world gardens, warm Mediterranean seaside villas…. and I get that warm fuzzy vacation feeling. Wouldn’t it be nice to get that same feeling in your own backyard and gardens? Growing vines on your home is not recommended because of the damage the …
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Basic Early Spring Pruning
Does the word pruning leave you confused? Do you think there is some difficult rules and regulations you have to follow? While there are some tips for design aesthetics for something like roses, basic general yearly pruning done in early spring or late winter isn’t difficult at all! Typically, this type of pruning should be …
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Why Set Garden Goals?
Re-reading this post from last winter of my gardening goals for the year 2018 got me to thinking. To tell you the truth I’d forgotten that I had made this list of goals! So I was anxious to find out how I did on completing a list that I’d forgotten I’d made. And then, I …
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How to Recycle a Cracked Birdbath
Do you have an old cement bird bath? I really prefer the cement ones because they last forever! Well, maybe not forever, but many many years. But eventually they might crack and no longer hold water, so what good are they then? You can recycle a cracked birdbath into something really cool. You may have …
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