Garden Stories
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Why Are My Pumpkins Rotting on the Vine? 7 Causes
Have you been watering the patch every single day and blaming the weather while your pumpkins keep going soft? That…
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Show-Stopping Bougainvillea Varieties by Color
There are two kinds of people who buy bougainvillea. The ones who want one exact color for one exact wall,…
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Did You Know Lavender Can Do This? 9 Clever Uses
One afternoon in July. That’s all it takes to strip a single lavender bush and set yourself up with enough…
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6 Sunken Fire Pit and Seating Ideas for Cozy Nights
The idea that a sunken fire pit is just a hole with a fire in it? That’s how people end…
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Resort at Home: Swimming Pool Ideas You’ll Actually Use
What do a $50,000 in-ground pool and a $900 stock tank in a side yard have in common? Both of…
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The Old Rule That Makes Clematis Bloom Twice a Year
Unpopular opinion: the pruning groups aren’t the confusing part of clematis pruning. The confusing part is that almost nobody mentions…
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Mud, Magic, and Make-Believe: Whimsical Kids’ Garden Ideas
There are exactly four rules for a kids’ garden that gets used, and not one of them involves buying something…
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Beautiful Gardens Start Here: Simple Ideas for Every Yard
Five moves. That’s the entire post, and three of them cost nothing but an afternoon. I know that sounds like…
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Which Plants Actually Survive in a Bathroom?
Your bathroom is not humid. Not in any way a plant cares about, anyway. Every list of bathroom plants opens…
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Is a Front Yard Vegetable Garden Worth It? An Honest Look
Would you rather grow tomatoes in the sunniest spot on your property where every neighbor can watch you fail, or…
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The Lazy Grower’s Secret to Rot-Free Huernia Succulents
The idea that a Huernia dies because you watered it on the wrong day? That’s the myth that has killed…
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