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Perfect Planters: Which Container Works for You?

It may be too early to plant much, but it’s never too early to get organized for the upcoming gardening season—starting with your containers. Avid gardeners tend to collect containers ...
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The Garden Shed Grows UP: Think Beyond a Place to Stash Your Tools

Our childhood imagination that made a backyard tree house or playhouse so much fun is still alive in all of us. It’s just that as adults, we’re more practical about ...
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Historic Garden Day In Lynchburg: Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Each spring on Garden Day, visitors are invited to tour unforgettable homes and gardens at the peak of Virginia’s springtime color. Take a peek inside the local homes featured on ...
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Putting a Little Spring in Your Step: Understanding and Selecting Ground Covers and Low-lying Stepables

What are Ground Covers? Ground cover plants, or simply “ground covers,” are exactly what they sound like: plants that are used to cover or “carpet” the ground. When someone refers ...
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Beat the Winter Blues with Bulbs: A Fun, Festive Winter Project

By forcing bulbs to grow indoors, it is possible to welcome spring ahead of schedule by growing bulbs like daffodils, grape hyacinths, crocus and tulips throughout the frigid months that ...
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Overwintering House Pests: How to Send Stink Bugs, Ladybugs, and Boxelder Bugs Packing

Many events mark the transition from summer to fall in Central Virginia: the striking color change of the trees, the numerous autumn festivals and, unfortunately for us, the annual migration ...
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Putting Your Beds to Bed

Poet Dorothy Parker once said, “Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing….” When heat affects you this way, fall is a welcome reprieve from the lethargy of long, sultry ...
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Getting Down and Dirtless: Alternative Gardens for indoors and small spaces

Come on in, the water’s fine! Did you know there are soilless gardening alternatives that can produce a bumper crop, even for beginners? By using hydroponic (water-based) and aeroponic (a ...
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