In the Garden
Embrace therapeutic gardening with tips designed especially for the 50+ green thumbs. Discover the wonders of hummingbirds, butterflies, and accessible gardening techniques, find the perfect plants, and make use of garden tools tailored for easy handling, ensuring a delightful gardening experience.
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Is Gardening Good for Your Health? The Answer May Surprise You
You already knew gardening was good for your garden. Here’s why it’s even better for you. As a child, I’d…
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Grow Vegetables and Citrus Trees in Containers
No yard? No problem. A sunny spot and a big pot are all you need to grow fresh tomatoes, peppers,…
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Keeping Vegetables Fresh from the Garden to Your Table
You’ve spent the summer weeding, watering, and tending your garden. Now the harvest is here. Here’s how to make every…
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Flower Power in Your Garden: Add color, pollinators, and joy to your outdoor space this spring
Nothing brightens the landscape more than colorful flowers and foliage — and spring is the perfect time to add flower…
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Sex in the Garden: How Pollination Works and Why Your Pollinator Plants Need It | A Pollinator’s Dream
Do you know what’s really going on in most gardens? Pollination. The flowers are having an orgy. Like all living…
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Raised Bed Gardening Tips: How to Grow More with Less Bending
If bending, kneeling, and crouching have turned gardening from a joy into a chore, it might be time to raise…
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Start Your Own Vegetable Garden and Save Money on Fresh Food
With food prices climbing, a backyard garden—or even a few containers on your patio—can save money and put the freshest,…
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Fall in Love with Native Plants: Benefits for your garden
Written and photographed by Julie Dee Suman. “This garden changes people.” Stepen Pryce Lea, Deputy Executive Director of Horticulture at…
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How Gardening and Creativity Nurture the Soul
“When the world wearies, and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden.” These words by 19th-century artist and…
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Horticultural Therapy
Every season in nature is awe-inspiring, offering endless moments of wonder for those who take the time to notice. Finding…
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Crotons for November, Poinsettias for Holiday Cheer
Nothing brightens a space quite like colorful plants, and when it comes to seasonal vibrancy, Crotons and Poinsettias are stars…
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Container Gardens for Beauty, Color, and Versatility
Using containers in your garden makes adding color to the landscape easy and quick. Containers of colorful plants will brighten…
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Are Stapler Tools Useful for DIY Garden Projects?
Discover how a stapler tool can help your DIY garden projects by exploring manual, electric, and pneumatic options to improve…
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Create an Urban Oasis Garden in Your Yard
Every day, we fill our lives with joy and wonder. The source of this daily infusion surrounds our home. We…
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Growing Hydroponic Gardens at Home
Big Tex Urban Farms, the State Fair of Texas’ horticulture-based community initiative, was launched in 2016. Located in the heart…
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What the Heck is That?
Occasionally, I come across something in our yard or during a walk and I have no earthly idea what it…
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