More Plants From Cuttings
Increase the plants in your home and garden by taking cuttings from existing plants and rooting them to make more plants.
Long Island
Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country.
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Eggplant
Eggplants are sun and heat loving vegetables, in the same family as tomatoes, peppers and potatoes. Eggplant actually does come in a small, white egg-shaped variety. Most Americans have never seen one, so the name seems inappropriate. There is actually a great variety of eggplants, many much easier to grow in the home vegetable garden than the large, oblong, purple varieties we are used to.
Currents | Stores: Window-Shop the Whole Place
Muji, the Japanese chain that sells simple, well-designed items for the home, will open its second United States store, in the base of The New York Times building, on Friday.
Tomato Blossom Drop
Blossom drop is a common tomato growing problem that can be extremely frustrating to the home gardener. Otherwise healthy looking tomato plants set flower blossoms, only to have them dry up and fall off the plant before a fruit is formed. Blossom drop can be attributed to several causes, most often related to either temperature and / or stress.
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Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland
Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country.
New Jersey
Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country.
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Benefits of Home Canning
Home canning is a traditional skill with outstanding applications for today. Home canning enables you to preserve the great taste and nutritional value of your backyard garden or locally grown foods, reduce your exposure to pesticides and other chemicals, and increase your sense of self-reliance. Find out how easy it is to get started.
Growing Asparagus
Asparagus is one of the few perennial plants for the home vegetable garden. Plant it once and it keeps on growing. There is some up front work to be done by the vegetable gardener, before you can enjoy an asparagus harvest, but a well-established asparagus bed can produce for decades. Here are some tips for growing great asparagus plants.
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Home & Garden Calendar
Events, exhibitions and shows related to home and garden.
Patio Garden Design
Gardening on your patio or terrace creates an extension of your home. An outdoor room that serves the dual purpose of being an outdoor room without walls and a place to indulge in gardening. A patio garden is limited only by your aspirations. Designing a garden on or around your patio or terrace can create a place to enjoy and entertain or a place to indulge your green thumb on a smaller scale.
Growing Tomatoes
Despite early worries about tomatoes being poisonous, tomatoes are now one of the most popular vegetables grown in home gardens. Widely adaptable and space efficient, a single tomato plants is able to produce 8 - 10 pounds of fruit. Tomatoes are heat lovers and will continue producing right through to the end of the growing season, if you provide them with these tomato growing basics.
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Stacy's Stepping Stone 2
See a picture of a home-made garden stepping stone submitted by Stacy Johnson. It features stones, beads, and handprints.
How to Grow Potatoes
Growing potatoes in the home garden can be easy, if you learn to avoid the pest and disease problems. Potatoes are one of those mystery crops that develop out of sight, underground. You never really know how you’re doing until you harvest - and then it’s too late. Here are the basics on how to grow potatoes.
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New Jersey
Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country.
Growing Onions
Growing onions takes patience, since all the action takes place under ground. If you can provide a rich soil and a full day of sun, you can grow a good sized harvest of onions for eating fresh and storing for later. And as with most fresh vegetables, onions from the garden will have far more flavor than onions from the produce aisle. Home grown onions can be more pungent too. Here are some tips for choosing and growing the right onions for your home garden.
Growing Asparagus
Asparagus is one of the few perennial plants for the home vegetable garden. Plant it once and it keeps on growing. There is some up front work to be done by the vegetable gardener, before you can enjoy an asparagus harvest, but a well-established asparagus bed can produce for decades. Here are some tips for growing great asparagus plants.
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East Sacramento Homes Photo Gallery
Spring is in full bloom in Sacramento, so last week I grabbed my trusty camera and headed off to photograph the distinctive gardens and homes of East Sacramento. It amazes me…
Tomato Blossom Drop
Blossom drop is a common tomato growing problem that can be extremely frustrating to the home gardener. Otherwise healthy looking tomato plants set flower blossoms, only to have them dry up and fall off the plant before a fruit is formed. Blossom drop can be attributed to several causes, most often related to either temperature and / or stress.
More Plants From Cuttings
Increase the plants in your home and garden by taking cuttings from existing plants and rooting them to make more plants.
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Currents | Books: Stained Glass, With Shotguns
The photos in “Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes” have a cheerful, American Gothic weirdness to them.
4-Step Pruning Plan
Taking care of small trees and shrubs by pruning is pretty simple if you follow a few time-tested rules and take advantage of new tools that cut quickly and cleanly. If only all home improvement projects were as straightforward.
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4-Step Pruning Plan
Taking care of small trees and shrubs by pruning is pretty simple if you follow a few time-tested rules and take advantage of new tools that cut quickly and cleanly. If only all home improvement projects were as straightforward.
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