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New Hens on the Way!

Crops & Gardening | Poultry |
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I am so excited! We’re getting four new chickens to add to our flock.

Planter’s Pointers: Heading Back Plants

Crops & Gardening
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"Dirt on Gardening" blogger Jessica Walliser demonstrates a pruning technique that can be used on bushes to keep them looking their best.

Bushes for Butterflies

Crops & Gardening
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I have always loved butterfly bushes. Their big panicles of flowers are magnets for butterflies of all sorts, and at a mature height of up to 6 feet, they make quite the impression.

Planter’s Pointers: Pinching Back Plants

Crops & Gardening
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We demonstrate a pruning technique that can be used to encourage flower growth on perennial plants.

Planter’s Pointers: 9 Exercises to Get Garden Fit

Crops & Gardening
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Get your body in shape for gardening chores with a series of simple stretches.

Wildflowers at Jennings Prairie

Crops & Gardening
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I spent one afternoon last week with my son visiting Jennings Prairie, a restored prairie in Pennsylvania.

Planter’s Pointers: Divide a Perennial

Crops & Gardening
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"Dirt on Gardening" blogger Jessica Walliser demonstrates how to divide a perennial plant to spread around the garden or share with a friend.

Planter’s Pointers: Ornamental Container Design

Crops & Gardening
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"Dirt on Gardening" blogger Jessica Walliser walks you through how to arrange ornamental plants in a container for a eye-pleasing design.

Seeding Experiments

Crops & Gardening
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I am experimenting this year with allowing my spring-planted lettuce and radish to develop and drop their own seeds.

Harvest and Prepare Rose Hips

Crops & Gardening
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Rose hips, also called rose haws, are the bright-red fruit of rose plants both tame and wild.

Ginger Root

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Ginger is easily propagated and grown, so why not add it to your garden?

4 Flowering Trees

Crops & Gardening
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This has been a great year for our flowering trees. Although many of them were planted just last year, they were stellar bloomers this spring.

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