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A Seed Packet Flower Bed
A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed by James Fenton is a light-hearted read that will inspire a newfound freedom and creativity in your flower garden.
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Clearing A Flower Bed
First: clear the ground for your flower bed. Quick how-to guide on weed removal by hand or with a sod cutter, smothering weeds organically, or using herbicide.
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Flower Garden Design Series
Successful flower gardeners use both art and science to achieve their flower garden design goals, no matter what their garden style. You can, too.
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Landscape Design 101
Use these simple landscape design concepts to lay out a flowerbed in the right location, that's harmonious in size and shape, and enhances your overall landscape.
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Prepare Soil to Grow Flowers
After removing grass and weeds, loosen the soil and add organic matter to the flower bed. Soil preparation is the most important step to growing beautiful flowers.
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Garden Edging and Borders
Your landscape and flower garden look neat and professional with the right edging to border the flower beds. There are many choices. Which border edging is best?
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Flower Garden Basics
How to start your new flower bed or flower garden. Simple overview of flower garden basics to help you start out right: where to put it, soil preparation, style and size.
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Flower Gardening Tools
The best basic tools gardeners need (or don't need) from tiller to pruner to spade and trowel. How to pick the right equipment for your essential flower gardening chores.
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"Wrap-up" of the 1999 Daffodil Season
The 1999 daffodil growing and blooming season was a long one, which allowed for successful showing as the blooms did not come all at once. It extended the daffodil blooming season for nearly a month in my garden.
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Daffodil Planting Tips
Daffodils are long lived flowers so plant them right! Learn some shortcuts and avoid mistakes using these planting tips and tricks from a long term daffodil gardener.
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Design-A-Garden: What Would You Do?
Designing your own garden.
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Flower Garden Weed Control 1
Got weeds? Who doesn't! Follow these simple weed control tips beginning early in the spring to control weeds in your flower garden all season long.
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Give your garden a bubble bath!
Add a touch of water to your garden with a bubbler. It's easy to assemble and racoon-proof!
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Mulching the Flower Garden
Spreading organic mulch on your flower garden keeps plants and soil healthy. Mulch naturally prevents weeds, keeps soil cool and moist, and supplies organic matter.
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The Garden of Weeden -- Patricia Thomas
Gardening Pacific Northwest style - including that famed blue poppy!
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Flower Garden Weed Control 2
Don't you have better things to do than weed the garden? More simple steps to controlling weeds in the flower garden all season long -- with minimal work.
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How to Mulch the Flower Garden
Mulch is the flower gardener's number one tool, offering multiple benefits for your flowers and the soil all year long. Take advantage of this work saving secret weapon.
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A New Garden
Starting the first garden in your new home. Basic design considerations including how much time you want to put into the garden for chores, use of the garden and water considerations.
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Another Mashed Marigold for Mom, A Plea for Cutting Gardens for Kids
Children love having a cutting garden where they can put together surprise bouquets for Mom and other loved ones at whim. Moms love bouquets and Cutting Gardens allow kids the opportunity to pick flowers for mom or themselves. © <a href="/profile.cfm/Linda">Linda Mazar</a>
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Graham's &quot;Paradise&quot; Tour
A tiny bit of paradise in England
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Hummers Adore Bright Flowering Vines!
Looking for something unique that will attract more hummingbirds to your garden? To create a superb visual focal point for both you and your hummers, why not plant some lush, colorful flowering vines? Both you and your hummers will be delighted with the results!
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Perennials: Design to Impress
Design with big, easy perennials: eye catching, attention grabbing plants that bring excitement to the flower bed or mixed border. Special plants that say "Look at Me!"
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Daffodil Care
Daffodils are easy to grow with minimal care. Nurture the bulbs in your yard or flower garden by correct fertilizing, mulching, deadheading and division.
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Moving My Garden
I experienced a move of my entire gardens this year. My worst fears was the drought that had been on going, even when we did get rain just as we moved. Here's how we moved my garden.
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The Good and The Bad in the Heartlands
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Ancient Roman Gardens
Archaeological remains and ancient sources help us to identify the way roman gardens were designed and what types of plants and flowers were most common in them.
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Creative Containers
With a little imagination, almost anything can be a container for plants. Read what others have tried, and add you own creative ideas.
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Adding Organic Matter
Organic matter, soil type: what's the big deal? Well, your flowers can sure tell a difference - and so should you! Get up to speed on organic matter and soil preparation.
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Annuals in the Trial Gardens
Start planning for your 2007 flower gardens with a trip to a local trial garden this summer.
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Designing with Trees
While trees are the main tool of the landscape designer they must be selected carefully to avoid future problems.
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Landscape Fabric for Projects
Landscape fabric (geotextiles) for weed and erosion control may make landscape maintenance easier. Using landscape fabric properly with projects is vital for success.
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Organic Garden Seeds of Autumn
Organic gardening opens the door for seeds to germinate wherever they fall. No herbicides will interfere. Nature provides rich rewards for the receptive garden.
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Selecting A Garden Site
Planting your first flower garden from scratch is exciting – and a challenge! Start out right with this simple guide to selecting the best possible site for your garden.
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10 Ways to Celebrate Memorial Day
Make Memorial Day a memorable one for you and your family with these great ideas. Teaching kids the meaning of Memorial Day is at the top of this list!
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A Day Trip to Paris
Yes, you can see Paris in a day! But be prepared to keep your feet moving as you dash between some of the French capital's most iconic landmarks.
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A Little Bit of Garden Design
This short article describes planning part of a garden in May in Western Australia.
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An Easy-Care Moonlight Garden
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Annual Flower Varieties
A marigold is a marigold, but what makes one a "Snowman" and another a "Jaguar"? Knowing about varieties (cultivars) helps you pick the best one for your flower garden.
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Are You a Gardener?
When you hear the word manicure, do you thing of your Lawn? Then you're a Gardener.
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Black Walnut: Never Plant A Black Walnut Tree
A tale of terrible toxin. Fighting back with hardy species.

Blue Flowered Shrubs
Blue flowering shrubs are unusual but welcome accents to the flower garden. Use them alone or use them to form the bones of an all blue themed flower garden.
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Coffee Can Planter Project
This simple and fun coffee can planter project will result in unique and attractive containers for the back yard, deck or balcony garden.
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Container Gardening
Container gardening provides fresh vegetables for thousands worldwide who don't have time or space for a vegetable garden. Gardening ideas and gardening tips...
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Explore France - Monet's Gardens at Giverny
Claude Monet, the French Impressionist artist, built his beautiful garden in the small village of Giverny, north of Paris. He continued to paint here until his death.
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Father's Day Gift Idea: ZTR Mower
If you're looking for a unique Father's Day gift for dad, think about a fun to drive ZTR.
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Flowers Our Grandmothers Grew
Are you growing these lovely old time nostalgic flowers? Many terrific old roses, perennials, annuals, bulbs, and flowering vines have stood the test of time!
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Frugal Lawn Care
Cheap and easy tips for a green, (relatively) weed-free lawn
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Gardening Gifts for Spring
This article contains and ideas for spring gifts of plants and flowers that children can prepare and give. Celebrate the growing season with these gifts of joy.
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Gardening in the Hills around Perth, Western Australia
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Growing Edible Flowers
Interest in using flowers for taste, color and fragrance when cooking is gaining momentum.
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