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Sowing seeds, feeding, mulching and pruning are high on the agenda in February – it's a prime time to prepare the garden for ...

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I GOT INTO the environmental restoration business by accident. After military tours at sea and in Iraq as a Marine grunt and sniper, I demobilized back to Salt Lake City, where my family had relocated ...

I grew up and lived in Southern California most of my life, and garden pests were pretty manageable there. We currently live ...

Home-grown strawberries taste better than anything from the supermarket. Discover our best varieties and how to grow them ...

They are only weeds because we, humans, deem them so. A weed is any plant growing in an undesirable place, so what does that look like? Why might we deem them weeds, fit to be destroyed?

Well-developed plants may suffer from adding coffee grounds to soil because it may suppress root growth. May block water and ...

Arrange your plants, accordingly, placing sun-loving crops like tomatoes and peppers in the brightest spots and ...