As a gardener with twenty raised vegetable beds, I’ve learned a lot of time-saving gardening...
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Garden tips
Pollinating squash, cucumbers & pumpkins
The Cucurbit cousins – squash, cucumbers, melons, gourds, and pumpkins – have a reputation...
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How to protect your hydrangea for the winter
I hosted a radio program on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh for fifteen years, and the most common question...
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Savvy summer gardening tips to keep your gardens in top shape
By mid-summer, perennial gardens can start to look overgrown, annual flowers begin to fade, and bugs...
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How to care for paperwhites: Tips to nurture your planted bulbs until they bloom
Paperwhite flowers, alongside amaryllis, are generally associated with the holiday season in our northern...
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Forcing forsythia and other spring-flowering branches
Every year, around late winter or early spring, there comes a point where I’m longing for flowers...
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