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Americans Not Eating Their Fruits and Veggies
National Gardening Association — Many Americans are familiar with the "5 A Day" program that encourages people to eat more whole fruits and vegetables. Although the U.S. government, food advocacy groups, and public health officials have been promoting the advantages of ...More…
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Bird Watching
National Gardening Association — It may be early for birds to start their spring migration, but it's still a good time to check in with our feathered friends to see how they're doing. During the 10th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count, February 16th to 19th, people in the U.S. and ...More…
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An Apple a Day Helps Memory
National Gardening Association — The old adage "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" can now be amended to include keeping your memory sharp as you age. Research at the University of Massachusetts Lowell suggests that drinking 2 to 3 cups of apple juice or eating 2 to 4 apples ...More…
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No More Front Lawns
National Gardening Association — In most American households, food gardens are relegated to the back yard. But front-yard vegetable gardens were the norm back in the early 20th century, when yards were used primarily to produce food for the kitchen. Los Angeles landscape ...More…
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A Simpler Way to Make New Plants
National Gardening Association — Air layering is a gardening propagation technique where new roots are encouraged to grow on a stem or branch of an herbaceous or woody plant in order to create a new plant. It's a convenient way to propagate shrubs such as holly, camellia, and ...More…
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Apple Essentials
National Gardening Association — Select resistant varieties to minimize apple scab and other disease problems. Apple trees are not self-fertile; plant at least one other variety that blooms at the same time. Flowering crab apples that bloom at the same time will also pollinate ...More…
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Citrus Essentials
National Gardening Association — Standard-size orange and grape fruit trees grow 18 to 22 feet tail; dwarf varieties grow 8 to 12 feet tall. Dwarf varieties are suitable for growing outdoors or in containers. Pollination is generally accomplished by insects and sometimes by the ...More…
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A Gardener's Guide to Frost
National Gardening Association — It's late fall. The sky is blue, and the sun is bright. Then your local weather forecaster ruins everything with these chilling words: "Possible frost tonight." Once the initial panic subsides, reason sets in. Frost is a local event, and ...More…
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A Deer Control Roundup
National Gardening Association — Deer are a big problem for gardeners in many areas of the country. While there are a plethora of home and commercial remedies and deterrent methods available, it can be hard to differentiate between them and know the best overall strategy to ...More…
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Cherries for Better Health
National Gardening Association — Life is better with a bowl of cherries. Recent research indicates that eating fresh cherries may reduce the pain of arthritis and other inflammatory diseases. Although researchers have suspected that cherries have anti-inflammatory properties, ...More…
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Choosing Apple Varieties
National Gardening Association — If you were told about Johnny Appleseed as a schoolchild, you may hope to grow apples as easily as he did, dropping seeds in the ground and leaving a trail of apple-laden trees across the continent. Unfortunately, it's not that easy. Apples ...More…
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Tart Varieties
National Gardening Association — The cherries sold fresh in most markets are sweet cherries -they have a thick, rich, almost plumlike texture and sweet taste. If you like your cherries cooked, then you have probably eaten tart cherries, which are juicier and slightly sour. While ...More…