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August Garden Checklist

Get your garden ready for the end of the season! Vegetable Gardens Don't forget to water. This is a critical time for ripening veggies...

Garden Fountains: 11 Reasons Everyone Should Have One

Eleven Reasons Everyone Should Have a Garden Fountain Why should you include a fountain in your garden landscape design? Here are 11...

Plants That (Supposedly) Repel Mosquitoes

What's up with this long list of plants people claim will repel mosquitoes? A little investigative reporting delves into this question....

Do You Know Your Own Dirt?

Do You Know What's In Your Dirt? - William Bryant Logan (Previously published in Organic Gardening, Volume 38 Issue 2, February 1991)...

Build Your Own Successful Compost Pile

Building a Successful Compost Pile If you have ever thought about making your own compost, you've probably been turned off by the...

Companion Planting: Herbs instead of Insecticides

Using herbs and flowers in this way can keep your garden "green" and prevent tears when you find your prized tomato plant cut off at the...

Ten Points to Consider When Designing your Landscape

With a great big 'Thank you!" to our friends at Gerten's Landscape design in Inver Grove Heights (www.gertens.com), we reprint these 10...

Organizing your seed plantlings

Many gardeners start seeds too early, causing problems in growth and development of a plant that would otherwise be healthy and...