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How to Revitalize Your Perennials
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How to Revitalize Your Perennials

Teri Dunn Chace | May 24, 2023

Now is the ideal time to rejuvenate your overgrown or neglected perennial flower bed—after the plants have sprouted but before…

Grow Your Own Rhubarb
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Grow Your Own Rhubarb

Teri Dunn Chace | April 20, 2023

Those ruby-red stalks of rhubarb can be expensive and hard to find. Fortunately, you can grow your own. Pick the…

How to Prune Your Flowering Shrubs
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How to Prune Your Flowering Shrubs

Teri Dunn Chace | April 7, 2023

A shrub covered with blooms in spring or early summer is a happy sight—but once the show passes, we may…

Finding a New Home for Your Old Books
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Finding a New Home for Your Old Books

Jen Panaro | January 20, 2023

Here are some ways to give old books a new life while clearing them out of yours… First step: Figure…

How to Sell Your Estate Jewelry
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How to Sell Your Estate Jewelry

Cathy Calhoun | December 23, 2022

For whatever reason, you might have ended up with some unwanted jewelry. Perhaps you are tired of the piece…inherited something…

How to Prepare Your Evergreens for Winter
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How to Prepare Your Evergreens for Winter

Teri Dunn Chace | November 9, 2022

Winter can be stressful for the evergreens in our home landscapes…but not for the reason you might think. Spruces, pines,…

Not a Ban …a Choice
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Not a Ban …a Choice

Kelli McCourt | November 2, 2022

In college, I was required to read The Canterbury Tales. I didn’t love it, but that doesn’t mean I think…

Vintage Watches Worth Watching
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Vintage Watches Worth Watching

Nate Borgelt | October 21, 2022

There might be a fortune sitting in your sock drawer—a watch that you purchased new for less than $300 in…

Not Just for Bookworms
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Not Just for Bookworms

Marianne Julia Strauss | October 11, 2022

You might not think to include libraries on the list of sights to see when on vacation, but these “temples…

Where to Shop for Spring-Flowering Bulbs
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Where to Shop for Spring-Flowering Bulbs

Teri Dunn Chace | August 20, 2022

Fall bulb-planting time is almost here. You can order from specialists now…or wait until autumn arrives and get your bulbs…

How to Have a Beautiful Garden and a Happy Dog
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How to Have a Beautiful Garden and a Happy Dog

Teri Dunn Chace | August 7, 2022

Is having a dog and having a beautiful garden at the same time impossible? It doesn’t have to be. Bottom…

How to Make Your Own Compost
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How to Make Your Own Compost

Teri Dunn Chace | July 7, 2022

Composting turns yard waste and kitchen scraps into a crumbly soil-like material called humus. Adding this humus to your garden…

My Guilty Pleasure
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My Guilty Pleasure

Kelli McCourt | July 2, 2022

I come from a long line of readers—I remember my parents reading in their bedroom…and my sister and I reading…

How to Grow Your Own Wildflower Garden
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How to Grow Your Own Wildflower Garden

Teri Dunn Chace | June 8, 2022

If you’re looking for low-care flower-garden ideas, wildflowers may be your answer. They are native plants and are less likely…

How to Grow Veggies in Small Spaces
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How to Grow Veggies in Small Spaces

Teri Dunn Chace | May 7, 2022

Who doesn’t love garden-fresh produce? But if all you have is a deck or balcony, you may think you can’t…