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What do I do when a plant dies photo of dead plant

My plant died! What to do when things don’t work out in the garden

I really want a butterfly weed in my milkweed garden. Their bright, deep orange blossoms look spectacular against their dark green leaves, they’re a native plant for my area and they’re part of the milkweed family, so—butterflies! But alas, the one I planted a couple weeks ago promptly died.  Where did I go wrong?! It’s […]

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green grass lawns are not evil

Lawns are not evil: 8 tips for making your lawn an ally

Your standard blanket of green grass has gotten a bad rap over the years, especially as we’ve started to understand the connection between the disappearance of pollinators and the expansion of lawns. There’s been a big movement to get rid of turf grass altogether and replace it with the blooms pollinators need, including prairies.  But

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Four flower pots with plants

Here’s the scoop: Planting natives in containers for those who can’t plant in the ground

We’ve been covering a lot about getting your garden ready for those native plants you’ve been picking out. But what if you don’t have a garden, or even a yard to put a garden in? Well, there are always containers. Containers are the solution for you if for one reason or another you can’t have

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Essential tools, garden tools

Essential tools of the trade

Basic tools you need to get started and where to get them. Okay, you have your site established and your plants picked out. Next step? Let’s go shopping!  You betcha, but not for plants, at least not quite yet.  For one thing, it’s pretty early. Unless you’re in the South, the first week of April

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