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Tag: How-to

Is it Dinner Time Yet?

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| 2021, Article, Backyard, Garden, Hints, How To, June, Newsletter, Planting, Plants

We all get hungry and need nourishment to live. Plants, too. Plants in the ground might get by without food, but for container plants, it is essential. Food and water—take Goldilocks’s advice: not too much, not too little, just right. So, let’s take a look at what’s on the menu for our plant babies. Fertilizer […]

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Ornamental Containers

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| 2021, Article, Backyard, Garden, How To, May, Newsletter, Planting, Plants

So, you’ve been considering container gardening. Let’s think a bit more specifically about what it takes to create a spectacular pot. You don’t need professional help or specialty plants—Just take a walk down the aisles of your favorite garden center this spring and choose wisely. Plan the structure of your pot. The easiest way is […]

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Workshops

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| 2021, How To, Membership, Video

Available for your viewing pleasure and guidance, we now have MULTIPLE perennial plant-dividing workshops on the club website. If you want a non-professional tutorial with your own club officers doing a sometimes-entertaining film, be sure to watch them. They are included in your membership! So far, we have presented hostas, hybridizing daylilies, crossing daylilies and […]

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MMG May

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| 2021, Article, Hints, How To, May, Midwest Monthly Gardening, Newsletter

May is a wonderful month because it brings warmth and sunshine into the garden. You are now putting plants into the garden and reaping the rewards with blooms and vegetables.  Exercising—Continue exercising so your legs and arms can safely handle the workload.  Bulbs—Allow bulb leaves to die naturally so the bulbs receive the sun’s energy […]

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Weeds and Mulch

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It’s spring and weeds are springing! A common gardener’s saying is that a weed is “just a plant growing in the wrong place.” We know there are a number of weeds that are edible or used medicinally such as purslane and dandelions. Nevertheless, we don’t want them in our garden beds. Well, why not? Mostly […]

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Hardening Off Plants

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“Hardening Off” is the process of allowing plants to adjust from pampered conditions indoors to the harsher conditions outdoors. Seedlings especially need to adjust slowly to the harsh full sun, night temperatures, rains and winds.  If you do not allow your plants to adjust slowly, the shock from being placed outdoors all at once may cause […]

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Tomatoes

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| 2021, Article, Garden, Hints, How To, May, Newsletter, Plants

What is the most popular fruit grown in our home gardens? You know it as a tomato. Botanically it is a fruit as are zucchini, peppers, cucumbers, beans and peas.  Nutritionists call them all vegetables, mainly because we eat them as savory dishes. But by whatever classification, a tomato is what so many of us […]

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Transplanting

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| 2021, Article, How To, May, Planting, Plants

Transplanting a plant into the garden soil is a fairly easy task. Items you will need include a trowel (or shovel for larger plants), compost soil, starter fertilizer and water. These steps are geared to planting a perennial, but the same is true for an annual plant. Let’s look at this project step by step: […]

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