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How to Grow Tomatoes: 30 Master Gardener Tips

Rick Bickling — Fri, 10 May 2019 17:33:14 +0000

Grow Tomatoes. 30 Master Gardener Tips to grow your best tomatoes ever. Includes tips on Soil Preparation, Planting, Fertilizing, Watering, Weed Control, Insects, Diseases, Harvesting and Storing. Includes a detailed listing of State Specific Recommended Varieties and Planting Dates.

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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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Pests: The Dark Side of Gardening

Rick Bickling — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 11:32:07 +0000

Imagine that it’s a crisp, clear, sunny spring morning. You just woke up, grabbed a fresh hot cup of coffee, and are walking out to the driveway to admire that new car you just bought. And why not admire it? You worked hard for it. You spent all winter researching different models and planning your … Continue reading Pests: The Dark Side of Gardening →

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Last Frost Date: What it Means to Your Garden

Rick Bickling — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 12:34:01 +0000

The most important factor in determining when to plant any vegetable in your garden is the “LAST FROST DATE” in the spring, and the “FIRST FROST DATE” in the fall for your area. These dates for a given area are based on historical weather data from that area collected over a 30 year period and … Continue reading Last Frost Date: What it Means to Your Garden →

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A Day at Calloway’s Nursery

Rick Bickling — Thu, 07 May 2015 09:50:21 +0000

After several days of much needed rain here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, yesterday dawned bright and beautiful. Just the sort of spring day where you gladly heed the beckoning call of your yard to get out and plant something. So it was with a hint of reluctance that I decided to commit a few … Continue reading A Day at Calloway’s Nursery →

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Plan your spring garden

Rick Bickling — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:06:46 +0000

As we turn the calendar page from February to March, signs of the approaching spring are becoming more and more evident for some, while many of us are still under several feet of snow. Here in Texas, within the space of a few days, the weather has gone from a spring-like 78 degrees to a … Continue reading Plan your spring garden →

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Thomas More on Gardening

Rick Bickling — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 23:29:09 +0000

“The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don’t want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don’t have … Continue reading Thomas More on Gardening →

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