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Garden and growing how tos, tips, tricks, hacks, & frugal ideas for a thriving home garden.
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Practical ways to water your plants automatically with self-watering sytems and gadgets.
Learn to build your own PVC Drip Irrigation system for your vegetable garden. Follow these gardening tips and tricks for watering your garden this year. #Dripirriation #irrigation #gardenwatering #vegetablegardenideas
Many versions of self watering containers, also known as self watering grow boxes, self watering pots, and self watering planters are sold online, but you can make them yourself for a fraction of the cost out of some easy to find items.

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These veggies to grow in the shade with part sun or shade. Lots of options including broccoli, spinach, kale, carrots, and more! #shadegarden #vegetablegardening #empressofdirt
Plants that tolerate shade and ideas to brighten up a shady garden space. #shadegarden #gardening #garden #gardenideas #plantlist #growingtips #shadygarden #empressofdirt #shadetolerant #shade
Check out these five flowering plants are able to provide gardeners with lots of color even in full shade garden beds #flowergardening #flowergarden #shadegarden #shadeplants #farmfoodfamily

Shade Gardens ✿

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How Nature Tells Us It's Fall Bulb Planting Time | Empress of Dirt
If you want to know the best time to plant bulbs in fall, nature provides the signs and signals. As fall transitions into winter, there are many seasonal changes that tell us the time is right. The trees losing their leaves is one clear sign. How Nature Tells Us It's Fall Bulb Planting Time | Empress of Dirt
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Realistic Routine
Water Orchids
Best Plants For Shade
Orchids In Water
Indoor Orchids
Planting Tools
Potted Plants Outdoor
Water Container
Indoor Plant Care
How Often Should I Water My Houseplants? (Realistic Routine)
How often to water plants indoors depends on your houseplants and growing conditions. Plant choices, size, humidity, light, and temperature all play a role. I’ll show you how to come up with a reliable routine for your indoor plants.
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Grow Pineapple
Grow Mango
Propagation Methods
Obelisk Ideas
Avocado Seed Growing
Grow Ginger
Grow Lemon
Arbor Trellis
Mango Plant
7 Fruits & Veggies to Regrow: Kitchen Propagation Handbook
Want to grow houseplants from kitchen scraps? Learn how to grow avocado, mango, orange, lemon, lime, ginger, pineapple, tomato and more using seeds and cuttings.
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Flower Fertilizer
Plant Fertilizer
Home Gardens
Wild Garden
Pole Beans
Outdoor Plant
Wildflower Garden
Organic Fertilizer
Garden Pests
Beginner's Guide to Organic Fertilizers for Home Gardens
If you are wondering what type of fertilizer to use in your garden and whether choosing organic or synthetic matters, this should help.
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Grow Sweet Potato Vine
Sweet Potato Plant Vine
Potato Vine Plant
Composting Ideas
Helping Nature
Sweet Potato Plant
Growing Sweet Potatoes
Summer Planter
Sweet Potato Vine
Easy Method for Growing Sweet Potato Vine
It is easy to grow sweet potato vine by taking cuttings from existing plants and rooting them in water. Use this method to fill out your summer planters or take cuttings to grow plants indoors during the winter.
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Square Foot Gardening
How To Grow Peas
Beginner Garden
Grow Peas
Growing Peas
Pea Shoots
Vegetable Growing
Community Garden
Home Vegetable Garden
How to Grow Peas (Shell Snap Sugar Snow)
Love delicious, sweet peas? These beginner garden tips share how to grow peas including the best soil temperature for sowing seeds. The pods are sweetest right after picking but you can also enjoy the pea shoots all season long.
eggshells are they good for the garden?
Source Of Calcium
Budget Garden
Glass Garden Art
Garden Veggies
Growing Tips
Soil Health
Front Yard Garden
Garden Items
Propagating Plants
Are Eggshells Good for the Garden? Can They Stop Slugs?
Does putting eggshells in your garden really help your plants grow? Will the calcium in the eggshells give your plants an extra boost? Can crushed eggshells stop slugs? Let’s see what we know about eggshells as nutrients and pest-blockers.
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Herbs
Overwatering Plants
Black Thumb
Drought Tolerant
Growing Plants
Low Lights
Green Thumb
Indoor Plants
Home And Garden
Wilted Plants? You Could Be Overwatering
How do you know if you are overwatering your plants? We tend to be so anxious about making sure our garden and houseplants get enough water that it’s easy to forget you can go too far the other way. Here’s some tips for knowing when to water and when to hold off.
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Beginner Gardening
Witchcraft For Beginners
Herbal Magic
Earthworms
Creative Gardening
Green Witch
Garden Tips
Why Earthworms Are Good in the Garden But Not in Forests
We are often told how valuable earthworms are for our gardens with their soil-enriching abilities—but are they truly beneficial? It turns out, what’s good for the garden is harming our forests.
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Easy Method for Growing Sweet Potato Vine
It is easy to grow sweet potato vine by taking cuttings from existing plants and rooting them in water. Use this method to fill out your summer planters or take cuttings to grow plants indoors during the winter.
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Poisonous Berries
Poison Plants
Id Photos
Common Garden Plants
Red Photos
Tree Identification
Berry Plants
Gardening Inspiration
Berry Bushes
7 Popular Garden Plants with Poisonous Berries (ID Photos)
Poisonous berries are quite common in gardens. Find out which plants including bushes and vines have toxic berries. Some people are surprised to learn that not all poisonous berries are red. Photos are included for easy identification.
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Sowing Sweet Pea Seeds
Sweetpea Support Ideas
Growing Sweet Peas Trellis
Sweet Pea Garden Trellis
Sweet Peas In Garden
Sweet Pea Archway
Sweet Peas Garden
Sweet Pea Trellis Ideas Diy
Sweet Pea Growing Ideas
How to Grow Sweet Pea Flowers & What to Avoid
How to Grow Sweet Pea Flowers & What to Avoid
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Hostas For Sun
Full Sun Hostas
Sun Hostas
Hosta Plantaginea
Emerald Tiara
Hosta Care
Golden Tiara
Moon Yellow
August Moon
Hostas for Sun: Sun-Tolerant Options For Your Garden
Hostas for Sun: Sun-Tolerant Options For Your Garden We think of hostas as shade plants but, if you keep the roots moist, there are all sorts of varieties that do just fine in direct sun.
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Herbal Tea Garden
Planting Calendar
Starting Seeds Indoors
Indoor Vegetable Gardening
Plant Tags
Tea Garden
Tracking System
How To Track Indoor Seedlings Without Plant Tags
This seedling tracking system keeps track of all of your indoor seed sowing without the need for tags or markers for each plant.
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Garden Bulbs
Transplanting Plants
Planting Tulips
Easy Gardening
Daffodil Bulbs
Spring Flowering Bulbs
Tulip Bulbs
Flower Bulbs
Spring Bulbs
How to Transplant Flower Bulbs
If you need to transplant bulbs, use these tips to safely dig up flower bulbs and replant them in another location—outdoors or indoors if conditions are right. This works for all bulbs including tulips, daffodil, hyacinth, and more.