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1 Make Them Waist Height Marina Trandina//Getty Images After a day of gardening on your knees, you’ll long for a gardening bed that is better for your back. Here, a raised garden bed becomes more ergonomic simply by being taller. Now, bending down and tending to your beloved plants doesn’t have to be a literal…
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Every gardener dreams of turning a greenhouse into their own personal jungle—but not all have the yard space and budget that doing so usually requires. At least until now: IKEA is making that dreamy greenhouse vision much more accessible with its new spring outdoor line. For just $23, you can snag an adorable miniature greenhouse…
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Realise the potential of your nature strip! It need not just be a stripe of green like all the others in your street. It’s a garden waiting to happen. Turning your verge into a bed extends your garden so you can have more of your favourite plants on display and share them with your neighbours.…
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For months, every time I’ve stepped into my greenhouse I’ve been greeted by clouds of them. Tiny white flies, barely a millimetre big, forming a plague of pestilence across my strawberry and tomato plants. Without sounding painfully hipster, I’m an organic gardener, so I refuse to use bug sprays for fear of killing bees by…
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Designing a garden drenched with sunlight is easy work, but how do you guarantee planting success when you’ve got a shady plot? “Shade in the garden is often seen as a challenge, but I like to think of it as an opportunity,” garden and landscape designer, Zoe Claymore, who is designing the British Rainforest Garden…
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When it comes to making eco-friendly choices in the yard, it’s not just about reducing waste. Opting for non-toxic gardening swaps is key to creating an outdoor space safe from PAFS, also known as forever chemicals, and other harmful toxins. To bring your eco-friendly garden ideas together, consider what non-toxic gardening swaps you can make.…
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Beginners may be wary about starting a vegetable garden, particularly one that is suitable for a balcony or apartment patio garden. But we’re here to tell you that there are a number of plants that actually thrive in containers, and that means that even the most amateur of green thumbs will be able to transform…
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Assess your space “You can rarely choose which direction your garden, balcony or terrace is going to face so adapt your planting to suit its situation and exposure to sun and shade. Hostas are good in the shade and they are particularly easy to grow (just beware of slugs – consider banding your pots with…
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Between 1980 and 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recorded 403 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the United States. Of these, 69—about five percent—were due to cold waves and winter storms, causing nearly $140 billion in damages. For garden centers and greenhouses, where temperature, humidity, and light must be carefully managed,…
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Maintaining Your Perennial Garden The beauty of a perennial garden is that once it’s planted, you’ll enjoy flowers that come back every year. Your work goes from planting to maintaining, deadheading, fertilizing, and making sure the garden is ready for the next year. Assuming that you’ve planted a garden filled with primarily native plants or…