Home and Garden Tips

Books tell us how to go native ---- with plants, that is
North County Times
A tip for June is to take cuttings from plants such as red elderberry, toyon, and big-leaf maple for planting in fall. The tips and guidance are easy to understand, practical and focused on the season, as well as on what type of garden you may be ...

Tips for dealing with summer pests
9NEWS.com
They'll keep the moths away and if you've got any extra you can put them out in your garden and they'll keep cats out of your garden. You can keep small rodents and things out of your garden with moth balls." Carlson also says voles are becoming an ...

Get Dirty: A Black Thumb's Guide to Gardening
ChicagoNow (blog)
With thoughts of pesto with fresh basil and endless bouquets of garden roses dancing in my head, I'm motivated to put these tips into action. It's time to get dirty. Have any gardening tips you want to share with us black thumbs out here?

Enjoy rabbits ... without them enjoying your flowers ... with these tips
TCPalm
By Carol Cloud Bailey Rory Geeseman Crossandra, a great plant for color in the summer garden, has soft tender leaves which rabbits love to nibble. Q: Yesterday, this tub was magnificent and full of blossoms. This morning, I came out to find a big, ...

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Gardening Tips: Spring Pruning Guide
Newsolio
Use the following guide to take the guesswork out of pruning flowering shrubs in your garden. Abelia: Prune old or diseased wood in early spring. Signs of new growth will help you distinguish healthy shoots from damaged wood.

Rodale author Matthew Benson shares tips in his book 'The Photographic Garden'
Allentown Morning Call
He also travels around the country lecturing on garden and landscape photography. Next week, he is coming to Emmaus to share some garden photography tips. Benson, who lives on a small farm in New York's Hudson River Valley, will kick off his visit with ...

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Matthew Benson's tips for garden photography
Allentown Morning Call
Gardens are more vibrant when the sun is not directly overhead. •Back-light. Shoot into the light, putting the plant material between you and the sunlight. •Move around through your garden to get a better angle on your picture. •Have a point of view.

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Container Gardening Tips
Plainview Daily Herald
You often realize you want a garden but do not have enough space? Ever thought of doing a garden with containers? This is becoming more popular with limited space. Did you know you can grow a tomato from an old potato sack or a 5-gallon bucket or plant ...

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Garden Tips: Get to know which insects, diseases threaten tomatoes
Memphis Commercial Appeal
By Booker T. Leigh Tomatoes, the most popular vegetable grown in home gardens, can be attacked by a number of diseases and insects. Blossom end rot causes the bottom of the tomato to turn dark and hard. There is no cure for this, ...

Concord landscape designer offers tips on vertical gardening
San Jose Mercury News
Now, she shares her vertical gardening designing tips with co-author and fellow garden designer Rebecca Sweet in "Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces," an Amazon "Best Books of 2011" selection. The book introduces the concept ...

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