PLANT'S TOXICITY

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Many of our favorite holiday crops should be kept from children and pets, yet often they pose no serious danger in small amounts. There are many other and more harmful substances to children in homes to be conscious of, especially cosmetics, cleaning products, and personal treatment products.The poinsettia (Euphorbia...
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VISITING GREENHOUSES AND OTHER GARDENING TIPS

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Browsing local greenhouses and moving holiday plants home securely, cleaning and storing hands tools, and removing snow from shrubs are some of the garden-related activities for this month. Make an effort to visit a local greenhouse, as the eyesight of so many plant life bushed bloom is sure to lift the mood on a...
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Growing Cacti as Houseplants

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GROWING CACTI  INDOORS Wish to exercise your inexperienced thumb this winter? Make an effort growing cacti as houseplants. Desert cacti are suitable to the majority of indoor settings, where the relative humidity is somewhat low (20 to 40 percent) throughout the winter. Accurate cacti, a kind of succulent,...
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RECYCLING IN THE GARDEN

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An average generates 4. 3 pounds of waste per day, which is 1. six pounds more than in 1960, in line with the Duke University or college Center for Sustainability and Commerce. Listed below are 20 ideas how you could lessen your own waste generation by recycling waste from your home and garden, back to the garden. --...
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SPRING TIPS FOR THE FRUIT GARDEN

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Trimming, removing mulch from bananas, and fertilizing blueberries are a few of the activities in the fruit garden during springtime. Late winter and early on spring is you a chance to order bare-root fruiting bushes if you haven't succeeded in doing so already. They will be shipped before they commence to grow,...
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GROWING FALL ASTERS

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Asters are hardy perennials that bloom in fall in diverse coloring and altitudes. They provide color for us and a late-season source of pollen for bees and other pollinators. The many have of New England in the fall includes purple asters and yellow goldenrod. Though we may take these for granted, the English language...
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Perennial Care--Five Tips for Fall

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Simply by fall, most perennials are through blooming and by you might be ready to throw in the towel, but there are still a few tasks you need to do to ensure that your perennials survive the winter. Follow these guidelines on this checklist, and you should come with an even better perennial garden next spring. one...
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CONSIDER FRITILLARIES THIS FALL

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These are generally less common spring-flowering lamps that you plant in the fall as you should the more common daffodils and tulips. Their plants come in a range of colors, and are generally bell-shaped, either in clusters or single. Plant life range from six ins to three feet or maybe more. Being less common, you...
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