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Gear Up for Gardening Season With These Great Tools

Before long, it will be time to start gardening again. Perhaps you’ve already spent time eagerly circling variety options in seed catalogs, planning your garden, researching fruit and vegetable crops,…

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How to Create An Instant Tool Shed

At Gardenista, we're always looking for ingenious ways to store our gardening tools. Here is a clever idea by Nic Robinson that we spotted on Flickr: an instant tool shed made from recycled wooden pal…

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4 Ways to Prepare for Winter

The official start of winter is about a month away, and there are some practical things you can do around your home and yard now to get ready for the cold. Here are a few simple ways to prepare for wi…

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Winter Garden Preparation

In many regions, tis the season for dusting off winter coats, drinking hot tea and gazing out of the window at frosty mornings. The cooler weather means it's also the season for winter garden preparat…

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5 Best Low-Tech Garden Tools

Home improvement warehouse stores are full of gadgets and devices aimed at easing your gardening work. However, many successful home gardens are cultivated with a handful of good hand tools -- and…

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DIY Gardener’s Bucket

Author Germaine Greer once said, "A garden is the best alternative therapy." The National Gardening Association says that an average 600 square-foot garden will yield 300 pounds of veggies. With only …

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