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There's an important status in your garden for getting seeds to germinate properly. It's probably a word you've never heard.

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In a food processor, place fresh herbs, green onions, citrus juice, zest, 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil and salt and pepper.

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Incorporate some well-rotted garden manure into the bottom of the hole and mix it into the soil. When planting, backfill with garden soil mixed with compost, preferably home-made! Water when necessary ...

Garden designer Lottie Delamain examines the most common mistakes gardeners make when cutting flowers, and advises on how to ...

As a kid, I hated the vegetable garden. If you stood on our back porch, it was to your left. It took up the entire corner of our large yard.