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Pet Safe Property

First Aid for Pet Poisoning Puppies and kittens are cute and cuddly. We enjoy watching them at play with various objects around the house. We laugh as they chew on an old slipper or chase a ball of wool. Few of us stop to think what would happen if the pup ate something that could […]

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Creeping Rosemary

Creeping Rosemary is one of the most popular and best-loved plants in Pacific Coast gardens. This is because, besides its personal charm, it has culinary virtues and many garden uses. Rosmarinus officinalis prostratus, together with its various forms, is native to Mediterranean countries where the climate is somewhat similar to that of California. These will […]

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Travelers Palm Plant it North and South?

Question; While in Southern Florida visiting my mom, I got a traveling palm at a flea market. My cousins told me I need to plant it with the leaves pointing north and south. Have you ever heard of that? I love palm trees to death and am wondering if it should be in full sun […]

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Rooting Cuttings In Sphagnum Moss

I root many choice cuttings in sphagnum moss, I really prefer to root them in plain water, because I like to be able to see what’s going on. Some, however, root better in moss, but I’ve found I can still keep track of their progress by putting them, moss and all, in small glasses. To […]

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Sweet William Dianthus Care – The Pinks

Not many gardeners know that the pinks (Dianthus, pronounced dye-AN-thus) are among the oldest of the cultivated flowering plants. Reference is made to the clove carnation by Pliny in the first century A.D. Wild forms of Dianthus plants occur in central and northern Europe, Asia, South Africa, China and Alaska. It was one of the […]

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Japanese Garden Design, Zen and the Art of Balance

Whenever you hear someone mention Japanese gardens, what comes to your mind? For me the first thing I think of is bonsai plants and trees, unique decorative pots, a quiet but ever present sound of water flowing over rocks rolling into a pond, balance and tranquility. The one thing that always seems to define a […]

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Sprinkler Timer: Automatic Watering Makes Lawn Irrigation A Breeze

We’ve discussed using drip irrigation and automatic watering systems along with how adding electric values and irrigation timers can automate the whole system. But, drip watering systems doesn’t work well on lawns. The cost of installing underground sprinklers is higher but offers many benefits. We all want green lawns, don’t we? So why is the […]

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Dahlia Fertilizer and Bulbs in California

Western gardening and especially California gardening is very fascinating and often a little puzzling because there are so many climates present on the Pacific Coast. Here we do not deal with four different seasons as the Eastern and Midwestern gardeners do. Generally speaking, there are only two seasons: the rainy season from November and December […]

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Easter Flowers and Plants

At Easter time I am always especially thankful to be living in the northern hemisphere. Can you imagine how odd it would seem to have this day come in the fall? I realize that south of the equator people have flowers at Easter, and no doubt these seem as properly seasonal to them as ours […]

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Common Perennial Flowers for the South

Many gardeners in the South have acquired the impression that perennial flowers in general are failures in south. This is in error and is due, perhaps, to our inability to grow just a few of the more important ones. It is true that some perennials such as delphinium and peonies, which require a long rest […]

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