9 Plants You’ll Wish You Never Planted
If you garden long enough, you’ll eventually experience the joy of waging war against a plant you just had to have, only to find out later that it was bent …
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5 Bad Gardening Habits & How to Break Them
When I started writing this article, my first draft was titled The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Gardeners, an obvious riff on the self-help bestselling classic. But the more I kept …
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5 Things Every Hosta Grower Needs To Know
Did you know that this is the year of the hosta? I didn’t just make that up. The National Garden Bureau (NGB) declared hosta “perennial of the year” in an …
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The Warning Sign That Could Spell The End Of Your Tomato Plants (Unless You Act Quickly)
Hoo boy. I get asked this question all the time by Rural Sprout readers. One minute, your tomatoes are doing fine, and then, within a day or two, you have …
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How & When To Prune Clematis (& How a Traffic Light Makes Pruning Easier)
If I had read clematis care advice before buying a single clematis plant, I would have surely abandoned the purchase altogether. While I am generally pretty savvy about deciphering plant …
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21 Brilliant Uses For Rosemary You’ve Got To Try
Exuding that telltale sweet piny fragrance, rosemary is an easy plant to grow that demands very little from the home gardener. And because a single plant can grow at least four feet …
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12 Best Gardening Tools That Most Gardeners Overlook
When it comes to making gardening a little easier, having the right tools for the job can make all the difference in the world. But what are the best gardening tools? You …
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9 Secrets for Growing Giant Sunflowers
Sunflowers will add a pop of color to your front yard. I’m not in the habit of checking the Guinness World Records website before I write a gardening article, but …
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7 Bee Watering Station Ideas to Provide Drinking Water for Bees
From sun up to sun down, bees are doing important work for the health and safety of the hive. Foraging bees will travel up to 5 miles from the colony …
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Why You Need To Check Your Houseplants For Root Mesh (& What To Do About It)
When you start bringing plants into your home, you’re automatically enrolled in a crash course on all the nemeses you’ll be facing. Whether it’s aphids, thrips, gnats or root rot, there …
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