 Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized. — Allan Armitage
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ARTICLES TO READ
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The annual National Gardening Survey, conducted by The National Gardening Association was released today. The 2020 Survey covers U.S. households' 2019 Lawn and Garden activities, and compares it to the past five years of data.
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Abigail returns with another fun coloring page for your children (or you!) to color. Download it from this page.
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One of the great joys of gardening is reaching for the first red-ripe tomato on the vine and biting into it. There's a flavor, juiciness and pleasure you'll never find in a supermarket tomato. Because tomatoes ripen from the inside out, when the outer skin is firm and red, you know you've got a beautiful ripe one.
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If you don't have room for a garden, or only want to grow a few vegetables, planting in containers is the best way to go. Almost any vegetable can grow in a container and with a little care can produce abundantly. Here's how to get started.
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The mint family offers a tremendous diversity of refreshing scents and flavors for cooking, beverages, and potpourris. Bumblebees and other pollinators are attracted to the delicate flowers that appear in mid- to late summer. Some varieties sport variegated foliage for added interest in the herb garden.
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Like apples, Asian pears ripen on the tree and have a crisp, firm texture. But like pears, they have juicy, white flesh and pear flavor and fragrance.
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Broadleaf plantain (Plantago major) is found throughout North America, usually in compacted places in lawns or in garden pathways. A tap-rooted perennial, plantain becomes dormant in winter, and new leaves appear in mid-spring.
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Combine flowering plants and those with attractive foliage in window boxes to add color to decks, window sashes, and porch rails.
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There are many species of grasshoppers in North America, and about 30 of these qualify as garden pests. They are most damaging in the center of the continent in a band extending from Minnesota and Montana in the
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ACTIVE THREADS FROM OUR FORUMS
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THE NUMBERS FROM LAST WEEK
1,977 members joined.
7,666 posts written in our forums.
1,528 photos posted to the plant database.
958 plants added to personal inventory lists.
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 There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder. — Alfred Austin
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