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Army Worms
Tiny larvae crawl like inchworms, eating leaves to fuel growth. They vary in shades of yellow, green, gray, and brown.
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garden fundamentals
Army Worms
Tiny larvae crawl like inchworms, eating leaves to fuel growth. They vary in shades of yellow, green, gray, and brown.
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Gathering Garden Worms
Those rainy spring days create the perfect situation for gathering garden worms to aerate and fertilize the soil in your garden beds. Find out how to do it.
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Worm Composting 101
Discover what worm composting is and how you can use it to help your garden. We teach you how to make the bins, how to harvest worm castings, and more.
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Cabbageworms, Cabbage Loopers, and Cross-Striped Cabbageworms
Cabbageworms are velvety green caterpillars that are 1 to 2 inches long.. White butterflies fluttering around your cole crops are the first sign of these munchers -- they are laying eggs that hatch into tiny cabbageworms that do more damage as they grow. Cabbage loopers are thin, green, inchworm-like caterpillars, also about 1 to 2 inches long. They often appear at the same time as the cabbageworm. The cross-striped cabbageworm is easy to identify by the blue-gray and black stripes across its back. All three pests chew holes in the leaves.
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Growing Cabbage
Learn how to grow cabbage. The trick to growing cabbage is steady, uninterrupted growth. That means rich soil, plenty of water, and good fertilization.
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Hornworms
These large, green caterpillars have a horn on their backside. They can devour an entire tomato plant in a day or two.
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Growing Kale
Learn expert tips for growing kale. This cold-hardy vegetable can be planted in spring or fall, and is easy to care for if you follow these tips.
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Growing Mustard Greens
Mustard greens are very nutritious and easy to grow. Get expert tips for growing mustard greens in spring or fall gardens.
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7 Tips for Getting Kids in the Garden
Most kids would love gardening, if given the chance. Here are 7 ingenious tips for getting kids in the garden.
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The Soil is Alive. Really!
In the soil beneath your feet, there’s an invisible world filled with life-and-death drama. Scientists call this world the soil food web. This web features a diversity of creatures, from microscopic bacteria, fungi, and algae, to mites and nematodes, to earthworms, ants, spiders, and plant roots.
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Growing Broccoli
Growing broccoli is planting the right variety at the right time. Learn to grow broccoli in your vegetable garden and harvest fresh heads for your table.
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Rooftop Gardening
It can be difficult to grow a garden in an urban environment. Garden writer Ellen Spector Platt shares her tips for rooftop gardening.
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How to Use Manure as Fertilizer
If you’ve been gardening for any length of time, you’ve probably know of folks who use composted manure as fertilizer. After all, it’s high in nutrients and can work wonders in the garden — plus, it’s free! It can be difficult, though, to know not only which kinds of manure to use, but also when it’s safe to put in your garden. Use this handy guide to the most common types of animal manure.
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Building Our Own Compost Bin
I grew up in a family of composters. For as long as I can remember, my mom has tossed eggshells, coffee grounds and filters, fruit peels, and other organic matter into a small white bag kept in the cabinet under the kitchen sink.
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Growing Tomatoes: 9 Ways to Grow Tomatoes in Your Garden
Tasty and terrific, tomatoes offer garden magic at its best, transforming yellow blossoms into juicy fruits. But perhaps the most amazing thing about tomatoes is their adaptability. These yummy gems grow and thrive in a host of ways, from classic in-ground beds to quirky upside-down planters. Let us help you discover which of these ways to grow tomatoes is best for you.
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Corn Earworms
These caterpillars bore into fruit, especially corn. Damage to beans is usually minimal.
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Smart Compost Shopping: Buying Bagged Compost at the Store
Compost provides your garden with rich, organic material to help your plants grow. If you want to add to your garden soil or get your compost pile started, these four types of store-bought compost can help.
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Prep Soil Now for Next Season
Before you lock up those garden tools for the winter, here’s a great idea for getting a jumpstart on your spring garden: Spend a bit of time improving the soil in your beds. Not only will it put you on the path to a healthy, productive garden...
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Growing Fennel
Fennel is a beautiful herb to have in the garden. Feathery and fern-like, it adds both color and texture to your plantings. It also boasts a strong, licorice-like flavor. Fennel is a tender perennial, which means the plant may make it through the winter in warm areas, but is sensitive to cold. Most gardeners grow fennel as an annual.
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How to Make Compost Tea
Composting helps create great soil, which is key to beautiful, healthy plants and huge harvests. The most effective way to deliver the benefits of compost to your plants is to whip up some compost tea.
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Weeding Your Garden Naturally
Got too many weeds competing with your garden or fostering problem insects? Tackle them — and keep your garden chemical-free — with these natural weeding techniques.
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Get to Know Predatory Beneficial Insects
Many of the insects in the garden actually help your plants by preying on pests like aphids and caterpillars. Discover ones are beneficial insects.
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Fall in Love with Our Cabbage Program
Each year, Bonnie Plants donates over a million free cabbage plants to 3rd graders in 48 states. The students take the seedlings home, grow them, then submit a photo of themselves with their full-grown cabbage for a chance to receive a $1,000 scholarship.
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Plants for Pets
Pets are terrific beggars, turning their sweet eyes on our human food until we relent and share. Many of the veggies and herbs you grow in the garden also provide nutritious, low-fat, low-calorie treats for your pets…
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