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Home Garden Tips

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Companion Planting with Herbs: Your Secret Weapon for a Healthier, Happier Garden

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Buy vs. Build Your Own Garden Fountain

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The Best Organic Fertilizers

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Irrigation Tips for Home Gardens: Drip vs. Soaker Hose

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Choosing the Best Location for a Vegetable Garden

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Three Easy Steps to Improve Garden Soil

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Beginner’s Tips to Starting a Vegetable Garden

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Volunteer Plants – Nature’s Unexpected Gifts

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Mushroom Compost: A Complete Guide for Organic Gardeners

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Why Scientific Names Are Important – Botanical Names of Plants

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How to Get Rid of Tomato Hornworm

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Organic Gardening Tip: Banana Peels, Coffee Grinds and Eggshells for Composting

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Make a Bee Water Station with Dollar Store Finds

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Easy Landscaping Ideas for a Hill or Slope

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Japanese Beetle Grubs: Identify and Control

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a vintage folk art weather house which accurately predicts the weather

The Folk Art Weather House

I’ve loved this little folk art weather house all my life. It still makes me smile. What gardener doesn’t need to know the weather? I grew up with many German relatives. Thank-you notes were written to “Oncle Ludwig” and “Tante Marie.” During visits to their homes, I was fascinated by the little folk art German…

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Growing vs. Wild Foraging Medicinal Herbs: My Perspective

Growing vs. wild foraging medicinal herbs is a real concern among newbie herbalists. The other day, I shared pictures of my herb seedlings (mallow, parsley, and savory) on Facebook. A nervous nellie immediately wrote, “I would be so AFRAID to do that! How can you know they are safe?” Well, first of all, parsley and…

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Sunfinity sunflowers in pots

Sunfinity Sunflowers: A Long-Lasting Burst of Summer Color

I love sunflowers, so when the National Gardening Bureau reached out with the news of Sunfinity® Sunflowers, I had to check them out. This new sunflower variety keeps blooming long after traditional sunflowers call it quits. While many common varieties offer only a few weeks of color and stop producing flowers once cut, this series…

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Buy vs. Build Your Own Garden Fountain

Are you trying to decide whether to buy or build your own garden fountain? I’ve done both, and each approach has pros and cons. I’ll unpack them for you, below, plus include links to some of my favorite products. Home Garden Joy participates in the Amazon affiliate program. We earn a small commission on product…

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