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Living cambium is what the scratch test looks for. Green, moist cambium is alive; dry, brown or gray cambium is dead. White ...

If you kept a coleus from the garden last year as a houseplant, you can still start cuttings for transplanting outdoors. I have a coleus on a windowsill in my office at the Garden. Use a sharp, ...

Do not use landscape fabric beneath the gravel; it won’t perform as you hope it will. Instead of preventing weeds, it will ...

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Sphaerobolus stellatus, or Cannonball fungus, as it lands on nearby plants, could be spread by herbivores grazing and eliminating the spores from their systems.

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Many high-risk municipalities actually discourage or restrict organic mulches within a specified distance from homes and ...

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Have extra cardboard boxes from online shopping? Don’t throw them away. Reuse them in your garden or yard as a low-cost way ...

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