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How to Grow Your Own Vegetable Garden
How to Grow Your Own Vegetable Garden

A step-by-step guide to growing vegetables

A Plant’s Basic Needs
A Plant’s Basic Needs

Every gardener must understand their plants' basic needs.

The Five Steps of IPM
The Five Steps of IPM

Integrated Pest Management will help you grow a healthy garden without harming the environment

Confused by Plant Descriptions?
Confused by Plant Descriptions?

There are so many different terms used by gardeners that it can be confusing. Find some common ones explained here.

Understanding Plant Fertilizer
Understanding Plant Fertilizer

Before you fertilize read this post!

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Get the Dirt on Soil and Soilless Media

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Shop Patio Lawn and Garden on Amazon.ca Maybe you’ve heard people talking dirt and wanted to know more? Here’s the lowdown. There’s no dirty secret! Soil and soilless media are the planting medium that you use when you plant your seeds, bedding plants, or transplants. Each has its own...

Understanding Plant Fertilizer

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Shop Patio Lawn and Garden on Amazon.ca Fertilizers are the plant’s nutrients. Understanding Your Plant’s Basic Needs includes learning what type of fertilization levels it requires and what symptoms of deficiencies to watch for. And, understanding plant fertilizer will help you to provide them with the right types and...

How to Harden Off Your Plants

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Shop Patio Lawn and Garden on Amazon.ca There is nothing more frustrating to a gardener, than to carefully nurture seedlings into fine, healthy plants, only to have them shrivel up and die when moved outside. The way to preventing this catastrophe is to harden off your plants. Hardening off...

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Confused by Plant Descriptions?

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Shop Patio Lawn and Garden on Amazon.ca Are you confused by the many different plant descriptions gardeners use? Annuals or perennials, Latin names or common names, heirloom seeds or hybrids! Here is an overview of what some of those terms mean. Plant Names Annuals Perennials Biennials Latin Names Common...

A Plant’s Basic Needs

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Shop Patio Lawn and Garden on Amazon.ca Understanding Your Garden There are two parts to understanding a plant’s basic needs. First you have to know what your garden conditions are and second you need to understand what plants will grow best in those conditions. All plants have some basic...

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