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141: October in the Flower Garden - Preparing for Winter
A very busy time begins in the garden as the summer and autumn
flowers fade. Although much depends upon the weather, the time
is approaching quickly when we must put everything in order for
the winte
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/October-in-the-Flower-Garden-Preparing-for-Winter.html142: Horticultural Therapy
Horticultural Therapy
Thomas Ogren
The idea of using gardens and plants as “tools” for therapy is
growing fast these days. Makes perfect sense, too. There is a
great deal of evidence that working
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/Horticultural-Therapy.html143: Vegetable Gardens & Organic Matter
Organic matter improves soil as a growing medium for plants. It
helps release nitrogen, minerals, and other nutrients for plant
use when it decays. A mulch of partially rotted straw, compost,
or unde
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/Vegetable-Gardens-and-Organic-Matter.html144: Wicker Outdoor Furniture
Wicker Outdoor Furniture What can possibly be more gloriously
breathtaking than the early morning sky of the sunrise, or the
colorful heavens surrounding the setting sun? Imagine yourself
seated in
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/Wicker-Outdoor-Furniture.html145: Winter Gardening
Ok, the title might be a tad bit misleading. I am not
suggesting that you actually garden during the winter but you
should be using this time to plan your upcoming garden.
As you look out at your y
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/Winter-Gardening.html146: How to Prune Plum Trees
In this article you will find out how to prune plum trees. One
of several articles on how to prune fruit trees. Pruning plum
trees is straightforward, once the trees are established, and
consists ma
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/How-to-Prune-Plum-Trees.html147: How To Use Hedges In Landscaping
A hedge that is well kept and attractive can do much for your
grounds. Used in the front of the house and on the sides of your
lot, hedges are a barrier against traffic, noise and all things
unsight
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/How-To-Use-Hedges-In-Landscaping.html148: How To Use Vines In Landscaping Your Home
Vines can be the quick salvation of the new home owner.
Fast-paced annuals will twine up a hastily erected pergola
almost before summer starts, providing a cool, fragrant and
beautiful awning. Annua
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/How-To-Use-Vines-In-Landscaping-Your-Home.html149: Types Of Roses To Use For Landscaping Your Home
If you enjoy roses, you can use them functionally as well as
decoratively around your grounds — as creepers, shrubs, vines,
climbers, hedges or just as beds of pure color. Rose originators
are enthu
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/Types-Of-Roses-To-Use-For-Landscaping-Your-Home.html150: How To Use Flower Beds In Landscaping Your Garden
The loveliness of flowering plants needs little embellishment by
description. Certainly every gardener seeks the beauty and color
that can be brought to his grounds by a variety of flowers. The
prope
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/How-To-Use-Flower-Beds-In-Landscaping-Your-Garden.html151: Black Roses - Fact or Fiction
Throughout the course of time, black roses have conjured up a
variety of symbolic meanings. From unnatural worlds to death,
vengeance, farewell or rebirth, the black rose has come to be
viewed in
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/Black-Roses-Fact-or-Fiction.html152: Whack-O-Matic
Copyright © 2005 Tammy Clayton
Morning coffee with the internet has become a tradition of mine
in recent years. The internet holds a much greater variety of
information than the newspaper, as well
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/Whack-O-Matic.html153: Welcome To Michigan
Welcome to Northern Michigan, the home of the beautiful Grand
Traverse Bay. We have an abundance of natural beauty in our
area. Traverse City is known for it’s cherry and apple farming,
locally produ
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/Welcome-To-Michigan.html154: Fake Grass
The history of artificial or fake grass is to say the least an
interesting one and arose out of the social desire to in-effect
ward off what could be seen, as far back as the 1950s, as an
increasingl
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/Fake-Grass.html155: Who Else Wants Vigorously Growing Carnivorous Plants?
Many people who have seen our carnivorous plants at the
Farmer’s Market often ask us, “How do you get our plants looking
so good every summer?”
Our secret? Yearly repotting. Repotting is very impo
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/Who-Else-Wants-Vigorously-Growing-Carnivorous-Plants.html156: New for 2006- Granite Flexible Preformed Rock Pond Kits
So you’ve decided to build your very own backyard water garden.
You are in the process of actively planning out your design, and
you’re visualizing the end-result. But have you paused to
consider wh
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/New-for-2006-Granite-Flexible-Preformed-Rock-Pond-Kits.html157: Understanding Weeds - How to Kill them?
When I was a child, I loved to pick Dandelions. The pretty
yellow flowers were small, colorful, and looked nice tucked
behind my ear! However, if one had popped up in the front yard,
my hair accessor
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/Understanding-Weeds-How-to-Kill-them.html158: Lawn Aeration -- The Cure for Soggy Grass Carpets
Just like people do, plants need breathing room. While most
plants can get the air they need from the top, having adequate
circulation in the soil is critical for growing healthy turf. If
you’re noti
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/Lawn-Aeration-The-Cure-for-Soggy-Grass-Carpets.html159: You Can Have a Mosquito Free Yard
In addition to the fact that mosquitoes are both annoying and
cause some level of discomfort when you’re unfortunate enough to
be the entree on their daily menu, they also carry disease which
can aff
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Home-and-Garden/You-Can-Have-a-Mosquito-Free-Yard.html160: Hostas - Plantain Lily
Hostas, commonly known as the plantain lily, own so many
distinctive characteristics that it’s difficult to pinpoint
which of them has pushed it ahead of the day lily (Hemerocallis)
as the most sough
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