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5 Tips for Better Bulb Planting
Image from FreeDigitalPhotos.net I love planting Fall bulbs, because it’s pretty easy, pretty foolproof, and in the Spring and Summer you get pretty flowers! While bulbs are fairly low maintenance,...
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How I Became A Personal Gardener
Image from FreeDigitalPhotos.net / by Rosemary Ratcliff As I pursue a horticulture career, I’ve come to realize that whether I want to work for someone else or start my own business, I need job...
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Seed Companies I Love! (And You Might Too!)
Image from the Botanical Interests website A few years ago, new to gardening, I only knew about major seed companies like Burpee and Gurneys. I loved looking through their catalogs and websites, and...
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Gifts For Gardeners
The season of gift giving is here! Perhaps you have a gardener in your life, and you wonder what to get them. Or, perhaps you ARE a gardener, and you want to give yourself a holiday gift. Here are...
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Danger In The Garden! (And How To Stay Safe)
Photo by Richard Bartz I love my job as a personal gardener. Spending my days outside working with all sorts of plants is truly wonderful. Well. For the most part. When I started working, several of...
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The Bug Files: Japanese Beetles
Photo by Reigh LeBlanc Japanese Beetles (also known as Popillia japonica) are a non-native US species that cause significant damage to turfgrass, members of the rose family, and many other trees and...
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Gratuitous Gardener: Edible Landscaping
Photo by Oakley Originals Several months after I finished Master Gardener training, I decided to get even more serious about this whole gardening deal. I decided to pursue a career in horticulture....
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A Quick Guide To Mulch
Raise your hand if you love to weed! What? Nobody raised their hand?! Ok, I’m sure there are some of you out there who do, in fact, enjoy a few hours in the garden spent weeding. But me? I’m not one...
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Fall Planting for Spring (and Summer!) Flowers
Today I opened my mailbox to discover White Flower Farm’s Fall 2014 Garden Book. It reminded me that it’s juuuust about time to start planning ahead for next spring. Wait, what? Really? We’re not...
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A (Soon To Be) Landscape Designer’s Creative Process
Photo by DustwaveStock Fingers crossed, by spring I’ll have a degree in landscape design. Pretty exciting! But that means right now, I’m taking classes where I have...
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