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The 2018 Garden Guide: Advice and Inspiration for the Modern Gardener

The Old Farmer’s Almanac’s all-new gardening annual features endless edibles, plants with pizzazz, front-yard foodscapes, guidance on planning a path, and more! As the weather begins to warm, gardeners are preparing for the bountiful and beautiful season ahead. This means selecting seeds, preparing the soil, and gathering their tools—including the newest edition of the Garden Guide, …

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Companion Planting: Fight Garden Pests and Increase Your Yields The Natural Way

It was warm outside yesterday.  Almost 60 Fahrenheit and it makes me itch to get into the garden.  When my girls were very small I turned my attention almost solely to vegetable gardening and left the flowers to a few leftover and neglected places on my property.  Not that I don’t like flowers, but knowing how …

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Embrace Your Space With Monrovia

The weather is finally perking up here in Northwest Ohio and Monrovia has given me another chance to enjoy my outdoor green space.  As a provider of high quality, selectively bred annuals and perennials Monrovia Plants asked me this time to find a way to “embrace your space” with beautiful plantings.  There are hundreds of …

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Monrovia Gardening: Best Spring Planting Tips!

Winter was a bit of a bust here in the Midwest.  Not much snow to cover the grey and brown outside left me yearning for Spring.  It’s finally here in Northwest Ohio, though we are having cooler than normal temperatures right now.  It’s time to choose some plants from Monrovia to brighten your garden and …

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A Water-Wise Landscape with Monrovia Plants – #LetsGarden #Sponsored

Our front landscape has been a sore subject for several years.  When we moved in there were three giant yew bushes in front of the house which needed some serious trimming.  Despite our best efforts we could not reign them in so that they were attractive to look at – especially when always being surrounded …

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Harvesting Seeds from Pretty Little Dianthus

This year I had three varieties of dianthus growing in my garden: Sweet William, Spangled Star and a Neon variety.  Like the daylily, once the bloom expires a pod behind the bloom begins to swell with seeds.  Allow the pod and stem to turn brown and dry out. The little pod will usually open at …