Tag: garden
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Beginner/Intermediate Gardeners: 3 Best Natural Ways to Get Rid of Mosquitoes
As a beginner to intermediate gardener, you know that mosquitoes are one of your biggest garden foes. As a home gardener with a few years of gardening experience under my belt, who is taking a social media class from Northwestern University through Coursera.com, I found two articles that explain various natural ways to rid your…
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My Garden Battle with Japanese Beetles: Fight to Save my Grapes
There I was, minding my own business doing my daily plant check-up when I saw a few Japanese beetles feasting and romancing each other on my grape leaves. This was not my first brush with these bugs since I have a rose garden where they feasted like kings last year. But this was the first…
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Beginner/Intermediate Gardeners: 3 Reasons Why You Need Drip Irrigation Right Now
As a beginner to intermediate gardener, you know that watering your garden can be time consuming and expensive. As a home gardener with a few years of gardening experience under my belt, who is taking a social media class from Northwestern University through Coursera.com, I found two articles that explain how to cut down on…
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Basil Limeade with Strawberries Recipe
Summer is here and the temperatures are soaring. What’s a better way to beat the heat than a nice cool glass of limeade/lemonade? Here’s my fresh from the garden twist on a summer staple. Ingredients 6 Limes 2 liters Water 4-8 tablespoons of Sugar Handful of Basil Handful of Strawberries Method Roll whole limes on…
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Beginner to Intermediate Gardeners: 3 Best Tips for Harvesting & Curing Garlic
So, you’re a beginner to intermediate gardener who planted garlic cloves in the fall and now it’s finally time to dig up those garlic bulbs and see the fruit of your labor. As a home gardener with a few years of gardening experience under my belt, who is taking a social media class from Northwestern…
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Rose Review: Elina Hybrid Tea Rose
In honor of National Rose Month, I have decided to review the best performing rose in my rose garden, the Elina Hybrid Tea Rose. I purchased this rose from a local nursery a year and a half ago and it was grown by Weeks Roses. I have numerous roses from Weeks Roses and I am…
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Beginner/Intermediate Gardeners: 3 Ways to Grow a Ton of Tomatoes
As a beginner to intermediate gardener, you know that one of the most popular goals this time of year for gardeners is to grow an abundance of tomatoes. As a home gardener with a few years of gardening experience under my belt, who is taking a social media class from Northwestern University through Coursera.com, I…
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