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    Peach Tree: Planting, Caring & Harvesting Your Own Peaches

    Biting into a perfect, tree-ripened peach could be the culinary highlight of your summer. That is, if you know the best varieties to plant: three to four years in advance. Let’s be honest, it takes some work to grow peaches (Prunus persica). For starters, you have to have some land, or a very...
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    7 Fastest Growing Trees for a Natural Privacy Screen

    Good friends are hard to come by. But good neighbors? Harder still. So, when you’ve grown tired of staring out your kitchen window at the neighbor’s collection of “classic” cars, he’s going to fix up one of these days. Or you’re a little tired of reminding the kids next door that your ornamental...
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    How to Prune Fruit Trees in Summer & Why You Should

    Fruit-bearing trees that are left to grow just as nature intended will become massive over time. Although beautiful, mature fruit trees with large spreading canopies and dense crowns will shade out the sun from the lower limbs. While unpruned fruit trees certainly have ornamental value, it...
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    12 Pieces of Equipment Everyone With a Fruit Tree Needs

    The most exciting time of year for anyone who has a fruit tree is the period when harvest time rolls around. We have an orchard with a variety of different apple trees, plum trees, sour cherry trees, damsons and mulberries. Late summer through fall is a busy time. Some years we have a higher...
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    7 Uses for Fruit Tree Trimmings You Probably Never Considered

    If you want a bounty of juicy ripe fruit every year, then annual pruning and maintenance of your fruit trees is a must – especially in winter. But once the job is done, you’re left with a giant pile of twigs, branches and sometimes larger limbs. Most folks dispose of the cuttings in one way...
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    9 Reasons To Plant Flowering Trees + Lovely Species to Try

    Flowering trees make a smart addition to your home landscape. Some enjoy them only for their ornamental value, while others avoid them, seeing flowering trees as nothing more than pointless decoration. Don’t let their gorgeous floral displays fool you; these trees offer numerous practical...
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    11 Reasons to Plant a Mulberry Tree & Care Guide

    Did you know there are people out there who hate mulberries? I know a few, and I’m sure you do too. Personally, I love mulberries, and by the end of this article, you’ll have several reasons to reconsider and share your stance too. Numbers can be deceiving, but apparently, there are many...
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    The Secret To Make Your Real Christmas Tree Last All Through The Holidays

    To make sure your Christmas tree lasts throughout the holidays, always add half a cup of sugar to your Christmas tree water. No, no, no, everyone knows it’s a can of Mountain Dew. Are you sure? I thought it was a can of Sprite. Does Sprite even exist anymore? I thought it was Starry now? My...
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    The Weird Reason Holly Gets Super Spiky + 3 More Cool Things About Holly

    If you have a holly bush or tree, then you’ve probably noticed the leaves tend to be, for lack of a better word, “stabbier” toward the bottom of the tree. But the leaves are less spiky as you go further up the tree. Some are even rounded, lacking the characteristic shape holly is known for...
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    11 Tree-Planting Mistakes That Can Accidentally Kill Your Tree

    It’s easy to think that nature will just take its course when you’re planting a tree. After all, forests have been growing for millions of years without human help, right? But there are a surprising number of tree-planting mistakes that can turn your dream of nurturing a mature tree from a tiny...
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    How to Dry Decorative Gourds So They Last for Years – It’s So Easy!

    Gourds are a staple when it comes to decorating for autumn. Along with pumpkins, chrysanthemums, and bejeweled ears of Indian corn, gourds are a sure sign of fall. But did you know you can easily dry them so they last for years rather than a single season? It’s quite easy to do, whether you buy...
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    Create This Charming Mum & Pumpkin Planter in 5 Minutes

    They’re like potato chips and kittens; you can’t have just one. Pumpkins and chrysanthemums: they go together like peanut butter and jelly. It’s hard to think of a more quintessential fall pairing. This quick and easy fall DIY looks great on your front steps. Let’s make one together. The idea...
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    Pine Cone Bird Feeders – Not Just a Kids Craft

    We all remember making pine cone bird feeders as kids, whether it was at home or school. But did you know these easy and inexpensive feeders are actually an excellent winter food source for many species of birds? It’s time to nurture your inner kid and the feathered inhabitants of your backyard...
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    10 Ways to Use Evergreen Cuttings to Decorate for Christmas

    I don’t know about you, but I love the look of greens tucked around my home for the holidays. Nothing says Christmas more than pine boughs and sprigs of holly. Not to mention, it’s pretty hard to beat that incredible pine scent. If you want to fill your home with fresh greens this holiday...
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    Make Easy Ice Luminaries + Helpful Tips for Stunning Results

    Oh, the weather outside is frightful! Which means it’s the perfect time of year to make ice luminaries. When the temperature drops below freezing, you get the perfect conditions to make and display these beautiful icy decorations. They’re easy to make, require basic household items and the end...
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    Super Easy DIY Printable Seed Packets – Free PDF Pattern

    Saving seeds from your own garden is a valuable skill that every gardener can easily acquire and learn, even in their first growing season. Storing them, however, is a slightly different story. Yet, that’s an easy enough to manage aspect of seed saving too. You don’t need any fancy storage...
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    How To Build Your Own Cob Oven – Step-by-Step

    Once in your lifetime, you should find the time to build a beautiful cob oven in your backyard. If you can’t find time, then you’ll have to “make time”, because you simply cannot live a full life without eating pizza from an earthen pizza oven – you just can’t. There’s something so...
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    13 Ways to Celebrate the First Day of Spring – Gardeners’ Edition

    When flowers begin to come up from the ground it can only mean one thing, that spring is finally on the way. Time to put the cold and snow of winter behind us, well, almost. Nature gets the final say on that one. While you are contemplating the unpredictable spring weather, let your mind wander...
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    How to Build an Arched Trellis with Cattle Panels

    Garden arches are beguiling structures. Curving over the pathway, from one bed to another, they create these wonderful lush green tunnels to transport you through the rows. Passing under the vine-covered frames provides a blessed bit of shade. When it’s harvest time, fruits dangling down inside...
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    Easily Dry Flowers for Long-Lasting Bouquets with 3 Household Items

    Dried flowers hold a timeless charm, preserving the beauty of blossoms long after their natural season has passed. Whether you’re looking to capture the essence of a special bouquet, extend the life of your garden blooms, or craft unique decorations, learning how to dry flowers opens up a world...

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