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Decorating Clay Pots
National Gardening Association — Seed catalogs and seed packets are the source of more than seeds for your garden; they contain wonderful photographs that can transform plain clay pots into beautiful containers. You can affix photos to pots using a technique known as ...More…
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Building a Terrarium
National Gardening Association — Terrariums can take many forms; all you really need is a clear glass container without drainage holes that's large enough to fit the plant or plants without them hugging the sides, which can lead to disease. You don't need an aquarium-sized home; ...More…
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Drying Flowers for Everlasting Beauty
National Gardening Association — Dried lavender flowers remain beautiful and fragrant for years. My first attempts to dry flowers were less than spectacular. Some flowers didn't dry at all: They composted. Countless others turned out well, if you like the color brown. Since ...More…
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Corn of Many Colors
National Gardening Association — Popcorn from multicolored ears brings new flavors and fun to popcorn Each year Americans consume nearly 18 billion quarts of popped corn. Plain, buttered, seasoned with spices or cheese, rolled into sweetened balls, and even coated with caramel ...More…
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Feeder Frenzy
National Gardening Association — A red-breasted nuthatch (left) and a downy woodpecker breakfast at a suet feeder. Bird watching is most joyful in winter, when my northern garden is covered with snow. I watch the chickadees and finches flit about the snow-capped feeders, their ...More…
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Drawing a Landscape Map
National Gardening Association — Before you design or improve your landscape, the first step is to inventory what you have. The best way to do that is to draw a base map of the site, accurately recording the size and location of permanent features. On a large notepad, sketch out ...More…
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Identifying Birds by Ear
National Gardening Association — I've never seen the elusive veery, but in late spring I sit in my garden at dusk and wait for this forest bird's amazingly complex song. After years of backyard birding, I've realized that only a fraction of the birds in my area are feeder ...More…
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Butterfly Garden
National Gardening Association — Not long after we moved from our small, shady city lot to a sprawling sunny piece of land in the country, we were rewarded by a visit from a flock of monarch butterflies that stopped to feed at a plot of wild asters. From then on, as we developed ...More…
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Ivy of the Year
National Gardening Association — Topiaries are all the rage in the gardening world. Not only do they make great outdoor plants, many can be brought indoors in fall and enjoyed in winter under the proper lighting conditions. Each year the American Ivy Society crowns an "ivy of ...More…
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Gardening Folklore has Scientific Roots
National Gardening Association — Old-time farmers usually have plenty of planting advice, such as "When the daffodils bloom, it's time to plant peas," or "Plant corn when oak leaves are the size of a squirrel's ear." Experience has taught them that seasonal ...More…
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Gifts For Gardeners
National Gardening Association — Usually at least one family member has a knack for picking just the right gifts at holiday time. Most of the rest can use some help, though, especially when it comes to buying a gift for someone with a special interest like gardening. So we did ...More…
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Early Bloomers
National Gardening Association — In the dead of winter, it's hard to imagine the stage is already set for flowering trees and shrubs to burst into bloom. In fact, after six to eight weeks of 32° to 45° F outdoor temperatures (by January in most areas), trees and shrubs have met ...More…