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Decorating Cupcakes with Edible Flowers

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Kale, Flowers & Herbs Container Garden

You'll find both flavor and beauty in Bonnie's Kale, Flowers & Herbs Container Garden design. Plant it in just minutes, then enjoy it all season long.

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Flowers, Kale & Thyme Container Garden

Plant this Flowers, Kale & Thyme Container Garden in a large tub or barrel to have color and flavor at your fingertips. Great placed near the kitchen door.

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Easy Container Combos: Vegetables and Flowers

Vegetables and flowers make wonderful companions -- and look beautiful together -- in container gardens. Try these tips from author Pamela Crawford.

Blanket flower/Gaillardia

Borage/Star Flower

Nicotiana (Flowering Tobacco)

garden fundamentals

Got Pollination Problems? Give Hand-Pollination a Try!

If you’re having trouble with pollination of your melon, pumpkin, cucumber, or squash plants, don’t give up. Give hand-pollination a try.

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Crucial Growth Stages When Vegetables Absolutely Need Water

Vegetables go through stages when they are at their most sensitive to water for good growth and development. Find out what they are.

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Container Inspiration Gallery

From the types of plants you select to the almost endless range of containers you can use to house them, container gardening is an excellent way to add beauty to your landscape while growing veggies and herbs you'll love to eat. Check out these inspiring designs ...

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Growing Bee Balm

Bee balm is a beautiful flower that's as attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds as it is to humans. Get expert tips for growing bee balm in your garden.

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How to Grow Chamomile

If you enjoy ending your day with a soothing cup of chamomile tea to help you relax, you’ll love the convenience of homegrown chamomile. Easy to grow, harvest, and use, chamomile looks lovely planted among veggies in the garden, tucked into raised beds filled with herbs, or added to a pretty container on your patio or balcony.

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Tomato Plants Not Setting Fruit? Here’s Why

If you have trouble with tomato plants not setting fruit, heat is likely to blame. Keep plants healthy to ride through the heat wave, and help prevent this problem by growing heat-set varieties.

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Growing Squash

Get expert tips on growing squash in your home vegetable garden. Squash is great for autumn eats and will put your vegetable garden in the fall spirit.

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Growing Chives

Chives are a versatile and delicious way to flavor many dishes, plus they have beautiful flowers. Get expert tips for growing chives in your home garden.

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How to Grow and Plant Dill

Learn how to grow dill, including planting, caring, troubleshooting, and harvesting. This herb adds flavor to many dishes, and butterflies love the flowers!

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Growing Lavender

Try growing lavender in your home garden. It makes a wonderful border, grows well in pots, and smells terrific for sachets, salts, and cooking.

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An Edging You Can Eat

When designing your garden, consider using parsley around the edges. Parsely plants last two years, so you should plant yearly for a steady harvest.

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Growing Arugula

Arugula has become a popular salad green. Growing your own arugula is easy. Try growing arugula in your vegetable or herb garden with Bonnie Plants.

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What Is the Trick to Cilantro?

Discover the trick to growing cilantro successfully in your garden, whether that's a container, a raised bed, or even an in-ground garden.

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Salmon with Dill Sauce

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Basil Insists on Blooming. Pinch It!

Basil blooming? Don't let it, if you want to keep that harvest coming. If you allow the plant to flower, it tells itself, "I've fulfilled my life's purpose by making seed, so I can just stop growing."

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Basil Tomato Soup

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Growing Pineapple Sage

Growing pineapple sage will attract hummingbirds and butterflies, plus make your yard look wonderful. Pineapple sage makes wonderful cut flowers, too.