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Create A Petunia Tree

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If you do not want to have an in-ground flower bed or you do not have a suitable place in your yard to put one, you might adopt an idea that I have seen several times in yards and public places in the past few years. For lack of a better name, I call the
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Many Varieties And Colours To Accent The Garden

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I am not a great fan of all the bedding plants, potted individually, which are now sold to gardeners during the spring. The time seems to have passed when we simply bought bedding plants by the dozen-pack or even grew many of them from seed ourselves. I have seen people buying individually potted marigolds, zinnias
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How-To Workshops Were Popular Last Year

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The Assiniboine Regional Health Authority (ARHA) is offering workshops again this spring to help more people learn gardening basics. This is a second year the health authority is hosting the spring workshops at health centres across Westman, bringing in speakers to talk about starting and tending a backyard garden. A series of garden workshops last
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More Southwestern Manitobans Are Gardening

Brandonites itching to grow some of their own food this summer are waiting to hear if there’ll be room in one of the Wheat City’s thriving gardens. March is the month when the hundreds of small plots, found in gardens throughout the city are assigned on a first-come-firstserved basis. Some may get turned away. There
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Fall Garden Cleanup Tips

As gardeners, we never want the gardening season to come to an end. But we must welcome the coming cold months by preparing our gardens for winter. Follow the tips below for a few good basic steps in preparing your beloved garden for the coming chill: Dig up tender bulbs for storage until next year.
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Fall’s The Time To Plant Bulbs

You may be thinking garden cleanup rather than garden planting, but autumn is the best time to get those flower bulbs in the ground. Here’s a few tips to help ensure your gardening success: Select the best-quality bulb you can find. In this case, you do get what you pay for. A larger bulb provides
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Going Green In The Greenhouse

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On first glance they looked like various sizes of peat pots but they were actually Cow Pots. The greenhouse industry is not known for being particularly environmentally friendly. Most of the containers used in plant production are non-recyclable plastic and most of the planting medium used is peat based. The extensive use of plastics, derived
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Make Your Habitat Wildlife Friendly

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If you’re like me, you love listening to the sweet song of birds or catching a glimpse of a brightly coloured butterfly fluttering by. There is so much beauty to enjoy in the natural world – and so much to benefit from, too. For instance, insects such as bees and butterflies are important worldwide for
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Planting Outdoor Containers

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The art of gardening has evolved over the last decade or so, and it is no longer unusual to see several containers overflowing with colourful plants in any given landscape. The popular practice of creating attractive living areas in the outdoor landscape has led to people spending more time in their gardens. Decks and patios

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