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Temperature and plants: what I have learned this year
https://feed.podbean.com/gardeningstebystep/feed.xml In this short podcast I focus on growing conditions and in particular what I have learned about the relationship between temperature and plants in my garden in the two years I have been gardening here. The transcript below is an edited version of the podcast. Transcript I’ve been musing about the way the garden…
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Lawn care tips: how to take care of your lawn
Lawn care is one of those gardening tasks that can take you as much or as little time as you are willing to give it. Once you know how to take care of your lawn – which this article will show you – you can take these lawn care tips and tailor them to the…
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How to buy the best electric lawn mower
Are you looking for a new electric lawn mower – may be as an upgrade from an older model or because you’ve got your own lawn to mow for the first time. Either way, an electric lawn mower will suit you if you have a relatively small lawn, you want a quiet machine and you…
The best lawn mower: how to choose the mower that is right for you
I remember when I first bought a lawn mower. I had my own garden for the first time but at that time I wasn’t really interested in gardening and I knew nothing about lawn mowers. All I knew was that I now had some grass and that it needed to be cut. And I can…
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Perennial plants
How to plant tulips: a complete tulip growing guide
Tulips have long held a deep fascination for mankind. Originating in the mountains of central Asia, where Tibet meets Russia and China, they were first cultivated on a…
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Dahlia varieties: your complete guide to all types of dahlias
Classification of types of dahlias (or varieties) is a fluid subject. Botanists argue about the division of species and growers create increasing numbers of cultivars and varieties. Thus,…
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Dahlia Pinnata: a dahlia original
Dahlia pinnata, along with Dahlia imperialis, is one of the two original varieties of dahlia that were described by Francisco Hernandez, physician to King Philip II of Spain,…
Growing trees from seed
At the beginning of Spring this year (2020) I was lucky enough to acquire a new greenhouse for my new garden. Of course, I have used it to…
All About Weeds
Weeds of North America
Here you will find a comprehensive list of weed identification resources for the USA and Canada. Given the vast size of the…
Weed control – is this the gardener’s toughest job?
It is said that gardening is all about the gardener’s efforts to control nature and controlling weeds must be one of the…
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What are weeds?
In part 2 of this weed control series, I try to answer the simple, but not entirely straightforward, question – what exactly…
Why get rid of weeds?
In the other posts in this weed control series, I’ve written about what weeds are and made the point that, fundamentally, weeds…
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