Get inspired by these great tips from Tucson gardener Tag Merrick on how to make your garden exceptional:
Garden Design Tips from a Desert Garden
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Pruning Techniques: Coppicing and Pollarding Trees and Shrubs
Coppicing and pollarding are two types of pruning for trees and shrubs.
Fall Gardening Tip: Edging the Garden’s Beds and Borders
Take a few minutes this fall to clean up the edges of your garden’s beds and borders.
Watering Plants an Inch of Water
If you planted trees or shrubs this fall, be sure to keep them watered until the ground freezes (if it does in your area), and continue to keep them watered through next spring and summer.
Planting and Growing Amaryllis to Flower for Christmas
Amaryllis typically bloom 6 to 8 weeks after they are potted, so if you want your amaryllis in bloom for Christmas or New Year’s, plant the bulb in early to mid-November.
How to Improve Store-Bought Compost
Want to create a compost but don’t have enough materials to get started? Deanna Caswell and Daisy Siskin of Little House in the Suburbs share how to adapt purchased compost to reflect the richness of homemade compost.
Dried Herbs from the Garden
Follow these simple instructions from Little House in the Suburbs by Deanna Caswell and Daisy Siskins for drying, grinding and storing fresh herbs from the garden.
Seed-Saving Basics
Seed-saving is not difficult, but it is not as simple as collecting seeds from dried pods at the end of the season. To ensure some reliability and true-to-type seed, you need to take a few strategies into account.
Changing Plant Names—Why Bother?
Changes to the scientific name of plants are part of life, though often frustrating. However, names are only changed for good reasons, and changes aim to give an accurate representation, not only of the true identity of a plant but … Read Article
Using Seaweed in a Seaside Garden
If you live near the sea there is an abundant and sustainable source of mulch and fertilizer right at your feet. When we are on our island we carry a few handfuls of seaweed to the garden beds every time … Read Article
Is a Brown Lawn a Dead Lawn?
Advice that’s debatable: Water enough to keep grass green because a brown lawn is a dead lawn. Every summer, at least one person in every neighborhood lets the grass turn brown. People start grumbling about what a shame it is … Read Article