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Gardening: What Does It Mean to You?

Rick Bickling — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:09:47 +0000

You’ve got gardening questions, and that’s OK. The How Do Gardener channel is here to help. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and let’s garden together.

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FERTILIZER: Good, Bad, or Ugly?

Rick Bickling — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:05:26 +0000

Fertilizer. What is it? How does it work? Is it safe to use? What’s the difference between Organic and Synthetic fertilizer? In this episode of The How Do Gardener we dig into and answer these questions.

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The 8 Stages of Gardening

Rick Bickling — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 10:52:36 +0000

Take a humorous look at the 8 Emotional Stages of Gardening.

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The How Do Gardener YouTube Channel

Rick Bickling — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 16:41:37 +0000

Check out the new How Do Gardener YouTube channel and our first video…Sun or Shade. Definitions and explanations of Full Sun, Partial Sun (Light Shade), Partial Shade, Full Shade, and Dense Shade for plants.

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It’s Time To Plan your Fall Garden

Rick Bickling — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 11:01:34 +0000

Labor Day has come and gone, and even as the temperatures soar and the garden is reaching the end of its peak summer production, it’s time to grab a cold drink, find some shade, and start making plans for your fall garden. Far from being the end of the gardening year, fall offers abundant opportunities … Continue reading It’s Time To Plan your Fall Garden →

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P. Allen Smith’s Moss Mountain Farm: ferme ornée in Practice

Rick Bickling — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 13:02:43 +0000

I recently had the distinct pleasure of spending a few days touring Moss Mountain Farm, which is the home of P. Allen Smith, garden and design expert as well as host of the PBS television shows P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home and P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table. I was honored to have been invited, … Continue reading P. Allen Smith’s Moss Mountain Farm: ferme ornée in Practice →

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Rainwater Harvesting: Reasons to Consider

Rick Bickling — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 07:00:07 +0000

In the first installment of this two part series, we examine the factors that are influencing how individuals, major corporations, and other countries, are rethinking the most basic, yet vital resource of all, water. In part two, we take a detailed look at an increasingly popular alternative to the municipal water system, Rainwater Harvesting. Part … Continue reading Rainwater Harvesting: Reasons to Consider →

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Composting 101

Rick Bickling — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 22:05:11 +0000

What is Composting? Composting is the process of decomposition of grass clippings, leaves, and other organic matter that occurs continuously in nature and results in an organic nutrient rich, soil like material. As tress drop leaves, grasses, plants and trees die, they decompose over time and return their nutrients to the soil as compost. Benefits … Continue reading Composting 101 →

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Seed Source Guide

Rick Bickling — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 13:40:39 +0000

If you haven’t already started making plans for your spring garden, now is the time to do so. Of course the best laid garden plans are all for naught if you don’t have, or can’t find, the proper seeds to plant at the proper time. We’ve all experienced that feeling of utter disappointment after scouring … Continue reading Seed Source Guide →

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Thomas Jefferson on Gardening

Rick Bickling — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 01:29:43 +0000

“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.” – Thomas Jefferson

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