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Cuttings of Outdoor Houseplants

Cuttings of Outdoor Houseplants

Ellen Wells

Did you give your indoor houseplants a summer vacation in a shady spot outside? If so, their time in the great outdoors is coming to a close. September could bring...

Cuttings of Outdoor Houseplants

Ellen Wells

Did you give your indoor houseplants a summer vacation in a shady spot outside? If so, their time in the great outdoors is coming to a close. September could bring...

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Getting Containers Through the Heat

Getting Containers Through the Heat

Ellen Wells

Traditionally August is the roughest month for anything planted in a container. Coming off this past month, however, July is giving August a run for its money. It was hot,...

Getting Containers Through the Heat

Ellen Wells

Traditionally August is the roughest month for anything planted in a container. Coming off this past month, however, July is giving August a run for its money. It was hot,...

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Tomato Tips Everyone Can Use

Tomato Tips Everyone Can Use

Ellen Wells

It’s July and your tomato plants are happily in the ground—and maybe have been for three or more weeks. However, like a watched pot that never boils, your harvest isn’t...

Tomato Tips Everyone Can Use

Ellen Wells

It’s July and your tomato plants are happily in the ground—and maybe have been for three or more weeks. However, like a watched pot that never boils, your harvest isn’t...

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Quick Tips for Summer's Mixed Patio Containers and Baskets

Quick Tips for Summer's Mixed Patio Containers ...

Ellen Wells

There’s nothing more relaxing than sitting on your patio or deck, cool beverage in hand ,and being surrounded by the beautiful life emerging from your containers and baskets. I say...

Quick Tips for Summer's Mixed Patio Containers ...

Ellen Wells

There’s nothing more relaxing than sitting on your patio or deck, cool beverage in hand ,and being surrounded by the beautiful life emerging from your containers and baskets. I say...

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A Cool Start to Vegetable Garden Planting

A Cool Start to Vegetable Garden Planting

Ellen Wells

For many of us in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions—and for a good portion of the U.S., for that matter—the process of gradual warming to vegetable garden planting-appropriate temperatures seems...

A Cool Start to Vegetable Garden Planting

Ellen Wells

For many of us in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions—and for a good portion of the U.S., for that matter—the process of gradual warming to vegetable garden planting-appropriate temperatures seems...

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Perennial Garden Perk-Up

Perennial Garden Perk-Up

Ellen Wells

We love all things in the garden, but to be honest, it’s perennials that we consider the superheroes of our landscape. Yes, we look forward to the bright spots of...

Perennial Garden Perk-Up

Ellen Wells

We love all things in the garden, but to be honest, it’s perennials that we consider the superheroes of our landscape. Yes, we look forward to the bright spots of...

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