environmental design
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Move These Outdoor Potted Plants Indoors If You Want Them to Survive the Winter
If you live somewhere with all four seasons (though at this point, what’s a season?), you may take advantage of the warm weather in the spring and summer months and get outdoor plants that you know they won’t make it through the winter. These are known as “cold-tender plants,” and unlike their “hearty” counterparts, can’t…
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How to Aerate Your Lawn (and Why You Should)
Depending on where you live — and your mentality about yard appearance — lawns can be hard work. If you don’t want to go the artificial route (which has its own environmental and physical challenges), there are other ways to make lighter work of lawn care. There are lots of little steps you can take…
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Generate a Custom Planting Calendar With This Site
Planning a full-fledged garden doesn’t happen overnight. Everything from the best ways to prep the soil to what to plant where takes careful consideration — and perhaps no factor is more cirtical than figuring out the timing. Whether you are just getting into gardening or an intermediate grower looking to level up, there are ways…
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How to Plant a Window Box Garden and Keep It Alive
The pandemic-propelled gardening boom has been great for people with a yard, a community garden plot, or even a balcony. But for those of us who have none of the above, outdoor gardening options have been as limited as ever. But there is one avenue for growing things — even in an apartment — that…