gardening
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What You Need to Do Now to Prep Your Garden for Winter
With cooler weather on its way, harvesting and cleaning up your garden beds should be on your fall agenda. While your garden might not be actively producing over the winter, there’s still plenty to do now to make next season more successful. Taking some time to properly prepare for the garden’s dormant season will mean…
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These Are the Best Plants to Start Growing in Autumn
While we mourn the departure of summer, gardeners can start to rejoice that spring is slowly approaching. And although you might associate autumn with leaves dying and dropping, it’s actually a great time to grow plants as the weather starts cooling down. In case you’ve ever wondered, leaves start turning shades of brown and orange…
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Everything You Should Do to Keep Your Lawnmower Running All Summer
Keeping your yard in good shape during the summer and fall can be enough of a battle against weather and weeds — you don’t also need problems with your lawnmower on top of it. But some lawnmower issues can be avoided entirely — and the life of your lawn mower can be extended — if…
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The Best Drought-Resistant Alternatives to a Thirsty Grass Lawn
With temperatures rising in many places, lawn care season has officially begun and the struggle to keep the grass from turning brown through the heat of summer looms ahead. With many areas in some form of drought restriction for water use, our yards usually suffer, saving water for more important things. But there’s a growing…