Latest articles by Bonnie L. Grant
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How To Make A Sustainable Garden: 9 Easy Ways To Go Green
There are lots of eco-friendly garden ideas that will move us toward creating a sustainable garden. Here are 9 of our favorites.
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Prettiest Edible Plants To Add Flavor To Your Flower Beds
Edible garden plants can have much more than standard vegetables. You can have a beautiful garden space using edible landscape plants that are pretty and practical.
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Peonies For Pots: Growing Peonies In A Container
If you don’t have a lot of garden space, consider growing peonies in a container. Potted peonies are just as beautiful as garden peonies and are easy to grow.
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Do Chickens Eat Bugs? Using Poultry As Organic Pest Control
Chickens seek and destroy bugs, making them a gardener's best friend. For garden pest control, fresh eggs and great companionship, try raising chickens.
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Why Your Spider Plant Has Brown Tips & How To Fix It
When your favorite spider plant tips are brown you can assume it needs something different. Check on its care needs if you see brown spider plant leaves.
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Arborvitae: Ultimate Care And Growing Guide
Arborvitae is a versatile evergreen in the landscape. Arborvitae trees are hardy and can grow tall for screening, or kept trimmed as a hedge.
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DIY Succulent Fertilizer Recipes For Better Growth And More Flowers
Give your succulents and cacti a nutrient boost with a homemade fertilizer that uses natural, organic ingredients – many of which are available in your kitchen.
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Managing Bermuda Grass: Learn How To Kill Bermuda Grass In Lawns
Managing and controlling bermuda grass when it invades the lawn or garden takes some special steps. Their tenacious roots require deep removal.
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Overgrown Landscape Beds: How To Reclaim An Overgrown Garden
Overgrown plants, multiplying perennials, encroaching weeds and blurred garden edges create chaos. Learn the steps on how to reclaim an overgrown garden and bring back your inner peace with the information found in this article.
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Ironweed Management: Tips On Controlling Ironweed Plants
You can do some damage to it manually, but usually ironweed will find its way back. Persistence and a few tips on how to kill ironweed should help.
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What Is Hemp Dogbane: How To Get Rid Of Dogbane Weeds
Hemp dogbane weed is also known as Indian hemp. In earlier times it was used as a fiber plant. Today, it's considered a scourge in certain regions. Learn more about its control.
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Buttercup Control: How To Kill Unwanted Buttercup Weeds In Your Garden
Its cheery yellow flowers are quite pretty, but buttercup has an insidious nature and will insert itself craftily into your landscape. Learn how to kill buttercup weeds.
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Mugwort Control & Tips For Getting Rid Of Mugwort
Mugwort is a persistent weed but it is also a member of the Artemisia family of beneficial herbs. Mugwort control is a challenge due to its hardiness and spreading rhizomes. Learn about mugwort control.
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What Is Windmill Grass: Learn About Windmill Grass Information And Control
Windmill grass is a prolific grower. Its windmill spikelets help to identify it.
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Bull Thistle Control: Managing Bull Thistle Plants In Gardens
Learn how to get rid of bull thistle, a prickly biennial that grows freely in disturbed soils, pastures, and unmanaged spaces. Prevent this prolific weed from taking over your garden.
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Controlling Pokeweed: How To Get Rid Of Pokeberry Plants
Home gardeners should identify what is pokeweed in order to help prevent accidental ingestion by domestic pets and children. The plant is invasive as well. Learn more about its identification and control here.
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Vegetable Garden Weed Control: How To Keep Weeds Out Of Your Veggie Plot
Weeds in a vegetable garden are huge competitors for resources and can overtake seedlings. Learn about how to keep weeds out of your garden.
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Alligator Weed Facts – Learn How To Kill Alligatorweed
Alligatorweed is very adaptable and invasive. It's an ecological, economic and biological threat.
