GARDENING TIPS There’s Always Something To Do In The Garden November is the time to finish your yard and garden clean-up and start your holiday decorating. Both tasks are more pleasant when the weather is a little warmer so try to complete them before the middle of the month. Garden Maintenance Tips: 1)  Keep mowing your lawn as long as the grass is growing. Meadow voles and field mice will damage turf and nearby trees and shrubs if...

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Seven GREAT Reasons to Bring Plants Into Your House! GARDENING INDOORS Great tips for your health! They Help to Improve the Mental Health Plants naturally help to heal. Just having them in the home can help to improve your mental health. Researchers found that people who live around nature feel much happier than those that don’t. This isn’t just about those who live in the countryside either. Just looking at the greenery in the home...

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IN THE GARDEN ALSO KNOWN AS “BUSY LIZZIE” Impatiens is a beautiful annual that makes an excellent houseplant or summer bedding plant. It is also known as “Busy Lizzie” and its name is a Latin word that describes the way its seeds shoot out of its pods when ripe (the slightest touch can make a ripe impatiens seed pod burst open and scatter its seeds). Impatiens like shade and moisture. PLANTING   –  Plant impatiens...

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IN THE GARDEN All About Lettuce! This week we are talking about lettuce. Lettuce is versatile and with a few tips, it is an easy crop even for a beginner or balcony gardener, as it can be direct sown, grows well in containers, and adapts to shade well too. Below you will find handy lettuce tips and articles your customers may find helpful. You can copy and paste the tips, share the article links in your newsletters or other media or scroll...

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IN THE GARDEN There’s Always Something To Do Prepare to Prune• Study your landscape plantings and draft a pruning plan. Tackle any landscape plant except spring bloomers. (Prune these after they flower.) Prune to shape a plant, to remove damaged wood, and to open the interior of a heavily branched plant.• Postpone pruning dogwoods, maples, and birches until early summer. These trees bleed sap profusely if pruned in early spring.•...

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GARDEN & HOME Yes you can garden indoors! Indoor gardens bring fresh herbs to your fingertips for everyday recipes-even when the snow is piling high outside. Below are some tips on the best growing conditions and ideas for herb garden collections.  How to Grow an Indoor Herb Garden CONTAINERS/MEDIA: Consider a larger container so you can grow a few different herbs. Just make sure all the varieties in the container have the same water...

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