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Unique Beauties: Five Uncommon Plants for your Garden

To the true gardener, compliments are like rain and sunshine. We need them. They keep us going, and growing, and trying new things. And there’s no better way to evince ...
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Time For A Tune-Up: Caring for Your Garden Tools

Fall can be a busy time in the garden. Cooler weather means cleaning up the vestiges of summer blooms and crops, planting fall ornamentals and edibles, and establishing new foundation ...
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Large-Scaled Lawn Problems Solved!

Since your lawn’s initial burst of green back in the spring, you may have been keeping an eye on a few questionable patches in your turf that haven’t seemed to ...
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Greenwalls: Grow Your Own Privacy Screen

Our porches, patios and lawns are natural extensions of our home. And just as homes have areas that are public and private, so too do our yards. Sometimes, you welcome ...
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Perfect Planters: Which Container Works for You?

It may be too early to plant much, but it’s never too early to get organized for the upcoming gardening season—starting with your containers. Avid gardeners tend to collect containers ...
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Historic Garden Day in the Roanoke Valley: Saturday May 3, 2014

3128 Somerset Street Once known as “The Old Boxley Home,” this 1936 Country Georgian classic features hand-processed board-molded oversized red brick. It has been updated recently to add a cookout ...
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Beat the Winter Blues with Bulbs: A Fun, Festive Winter Project

By forcing bulbs to grow indoors, it is possible to welcome spring ahead of schedule by growing bulbs like daffodils, grape hyacinths, crocus and tulips throughout the frigid months that ...
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Overwintering House Pests: How to Send Stink Bugs, Ladybugs, and Boxelder Bugs Packing

Many events mark the transition from summer to fall in the Roanoke Valley: the striking color change of the trees, the numerous autumn festivals and, unfortunately for us, the annual ...
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