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Children love nothing more than something that is secret, hidden or private. Why not indulge that by helping them create their own secret garden? First select an area of the yard or garden that is …
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For the best compost, you need to ensure you keep turning it over to ensure air gets throughout, as well as to distribute the heat. Normally, gardeners do this with a pitchfork by turning over the …
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Children get easily discouraged when they are trying to use things that are designed for adults rather than children. The same is just as true when it comes to gardening tools. Even a child who adores …
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Nurturing a love for gardening in your child can easily be done by planting a pizza garden with your child. And this can be done right in containers, for those with limited space to plant vegetable …
Planting bulbs is a popular container gardening use, especially since planting bulbs in the fall allows you to not only do some gardening in the fall season, but prepare your plants for the …
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It is quite easy to do organic gardening when making your garden containers. This is because of the smaller size of pots, you can easily isolate any plants that are having a pest problem without it …
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Sunflowers are not only an extremely quick growing plant in containers, but they also are quite hardy and can be planted quite late in the season. So if you are a bit late in your planting this year, …
There are some types of tomatoes which flourish much more readily when grown in containers than other varieties which do better in regular gardens. Do keep in mind that some container grown tomatoes …
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Sometimes you need to know how acidic or alkalinity your soil is before you plant certain types of plants or seeds, since some will flourish in one type of soil but whither in the other. But having a …
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Hummingbirds don't like dirty feeders, not to mention old hummingbird nectar can make them sick. So cleaning your hummingbird every time you make new hummingbird nectar is important. First, dump …
With the popularity of organic gardening, or just for the health and safety of kids and pets, it can sometimes be a struggle for new gardeners to handle weeds without pesticides or other …
All you need are a few onions, so watch for them on sale, or save up any onion pieces you don't use as you are cooking (such as the root ends, middles and skins) and keep them in a container in the …
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