Coneflowers: A comprehensive guide to echinacea
Coneflowers (Latin: echinacea) can benefit your landscape design and offer healthful benefits. Read our growing and care guide to learn how.
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Leafy Green Vegetables: Try these 10 cool weather favorites
These dark leafy greens are perfect for growing in fall and spring. Growing vegetables and fruits keeps your body moving and supports a healthy diet. By growing your garden, you can decide what goes on in your plants and your body. With good planning, you control when you harvest your bounty. These ten leafy green
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Container Gardening: Getting started guide and the best food plants to try
Container gardening is one of the best ways to grow robust flowers, vegetables, and herbs. Read this guide to learn how you can succeed.
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Garden Mulch: 15 Types, pros, cons and best practices
Garden mulch is a good way to improve soil health; learn about 15 types, their pros and cons, and proper application methods.
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Fall decorations for your lawn and garden
Transform your home into an autumn wonderland with these fall decorations. Explore how to incorporate pumpkins, leaves, and wreaths.
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Are coffee grounds good for compost?
Discover the pros and cons of using coffee grounds in compost. Learn how they can benefit your garden and what risks to consider.
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Green Mountain Boxwood: Perfect foundation plantings
Discover key tips for selecting Green Mountain Boxwood to enhance your garden’s beauty. Read our guide for insights and practical advice.
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Fountain grasses add colorful foliage and movement
Discover the best fountain grasses for your garden with essential care tips and top varieties to grow in eastern NC.
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Forever Goldy Arborvitae: Why you need this golden evergreen in your life
Learn how to grow the Forever Goldy Arborvitae in Eastern NC. Get tips for planting, watering, spacing, fertilizing this golden evergreen.
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Preparing flower beds for spring (perfect March project)
Read how to make your garden beds fresh and lovely for spring. Preparing flower beds for spring in NC is essential for homeowners in Bertie and Hertford counties, where warm weather arrives quickly, and early weeds can take over before the end of March. In our region, the transition from winter to spring happens fast
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How do I take care of blooming crocus flowers?
Learn how to care for blooming crocus flowers in Eastern NC, including sunlight, watering, division, and after-bloom care for gorgeous spring flowers.
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Winter garden bed tips for North Carolina
Discover essential winter garden bed tips for NC homeowners. How to protect plants, improve soil, prevent those pesky winter weeds, and prepare for spring.
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Boxwood Blight: Early identification and isolation
Read how a fungal pathogen can cause widespread destruction—and what you can do to stop it. Noticed something off with your boxwood plants? Brown spots, yellowing leaves, or rapid leaf drop? It’s frustrating after all the effort you’ve put into your landscape. Could it be boxwood blight? If so, quick action is essential. This fungal
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How do I make organic soil for the garden?
Discover the best organic soil options to nourish your plants and enhance your sustainable garden. Read on for pro recommendations.
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Are newspapers organic compost or synthetic?
Learn about how newspapers are made using synthetic chemicals in the manufacturing process but still allowed by USDA as organic.
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