I Give Up…. Deer Are Eating Everything!
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by thegardendiaries
4d ago
Top 10 Deer Strategies Having observed so many people get frustrated and ready to throw in the towel because of deer and rabbits, gave me the impetus to write this article. Taking all the pleasure out of gardening, animals can be a ongoing annoying and expensive problem, but that doesn’t mean it is insurmountable. There ..read more
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Annuals That Can Take the Cold
The ups and downs of the gardening world
by thegardendiaries
1M ago
There are so many flowers that you can use before cold temps subside in the spring (below 35 degrees Fahrenheit  at night) that I make up at least a half dozen containers  to cheer me up after a long cold winter. Having hung up my winter coat and wearing a light fleece, I am ready ..read more
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First Sign of Spring – Winter Aconites
The ups and downs of the gardening world
by thegardendiaries
1M ago
Sunny yellow blooms fringed with a fringed ruff poking through snow is my first sign that spring has sprung. Eranthis hyamalis, or Winter Aconite, in the buttercup family, is a spring ephemeral, which means that it is a short-lived plant above ground with a burst of blooms, then disappears, remaining under ground until next winter ..read more
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Top 10 Early Spring Native Plant Choices
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by thegardendiaries
1M ago
Native plants are so important to all our pollinators, but the most important are the early spring ones-plants that flower in late winter into spring- that will keep the pollinators fed when there is a dearth of nectar. I keep honeybees and observe that when I have a warm sunny day over 45 degrees Fahrenheit ..read more
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Grow Your Own Bouquet With Heirloom Annuals
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by thegardendiaries
1M ago
An heirloom cutting garden – a patch of garden used primarily for cutting old fashioned flowers and arranging in vases – sounds kind of elitist. Like a prim and proper English lady who has a team of gardeners, and ventures out to the garden with a floppy straw hat with her ‘secateurs’ to cut flowers ..read more
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Seed Starting Made Easy
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by thegardendiaries
2M ago
Everybody is into seed starting this spring because of renewed interest in gardening and there are lots of  tips and tricks to this great money saving hobby that I have gathered over the years. New gardeners frequently think that you just throw some seeds from a seed packet into potting soil and place them in ..read more
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Simple Seed Starting Using Winter Sowing
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by thegardendiaries
3M ago
After a hectic year of non-stop landscaping work, I have some time on my hands and discovered ‘winter sowing’. I started doing it last winter in a small way with Bells of Ireland and was so successful, that I am winter sowing in a big way this January and February to save my precious time ..read more
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Dried Flower Christmas
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by thegardendiaries
3M ago
It’s that time of year when all of our fresh garden flowers are gone and we turn to those that we dried or preserved for the long winter season. For my post on the rebirth of dried flowers which were very popular in the 70’s and 80’s, go to Dried Flowers Back From the Dead ..read more
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A Very Retro Christmas at Longwood Gardens
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by thegardendiaries
4M ago
Going to Longwood Gardens in the Brandywine Valley at Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, has been a long-standing tradition with my family for many years.  Each year that I visit, I am wowed by the different decorating themes and this year is no exception with “A Very Retro Christmas”. Reminisce and imagine Christmas of years past with ..read more
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Holiday Centerpiece Made Easy
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by thegardendiaries
4M ago
  About the only time I have people sit down for a full dinner at a dining table at my house is Christmas and I need a knock-out centerpiece. It must have a low silhouette so people can converse across it and also have a small footprint so it doesn’t take up a lot of ..read more
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