341 articles on "plant"

Pest Control for the Vegetable Garden

One of the biggest challenges for vegetable gardeners is pest control. Anyone who has tried to keep a determined deer from eating the sweet corn knows how difficult it can be to deter animals, including insects, birds, rabbits and other wildlife from...

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Caring for aquatic pond plants

Caring for aquatic plantsLong after the impatiens have been pulled out, water gardeners are still hoping for that last lily bloom. For some reason, we want to squeeze every leaf, bud and blossom out of our aquatic plants before winter. Unfortunately,...

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Hidden Dangers From Poison Oak, Ivy & Sumac Plants

Hidden Dangers From Poison Oak, Ivy & Sumac Plants by: Wayne McDonald According to the American Academy of Dermatology, each year 10 to 50 million Americans develop an allergic rash after contact with Poison Oak, Poison Ivy and Poison Sumac Plan...

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Cities, States and Others Step up Action on Climate Change, Despite Federal Reluctance

Last year, Pentagon defense adviser Andrew Marshall issued a harsh warning of the consequences of climate change: mass chaos, national security crises and food shortages. If climate change occurs abruptly, the report declared, there could be a catast...

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Flowers, An Annual Event

Flowers, An Annual Event by: Frederic Madore Are you a natural when it comes to gardening? Do you simply wish your rose bush to bloom, and presto, roses appear? Well, if you are a green thumb, congratulations. As for me, it is an effort of bibli...

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Japanese car industry at a standstill

Following the devastation of the earthquake and tsunami which ripped through many areas in the North of Japan several weeks ago, several major Japanese car companies have suspended production and some factories of the country's biggest car manuf...

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Garden Weeds and How to Kill Them Effectively

There are many ways that the garden weeds affect the growth of plants in the garden. The garden weeds sprout all by themselves in favorable conditions and especially when there is no way to keep them contained or the maintenance of the garden is negl...

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"It Ain"t Worth Shit" Oh Yes It Is !!

The 4,000 cows at the Ukrainian Milk Company Ltd. near Kiev are doing more than producing dairy products. Their dung is being used to produce energy at the country's first biogas cogeneration plant. The facility, which just completed its ninth ...

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Planting And Care Of Shrubs

In general, trees and shrubs are planted and cared for in the same way, the difference between them being chiefly one of height. One definition of the difference, however, is that while a tree has only one trunk, a shrub has several stems or trunks....

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How To Use Biennials & Perennials In Landscaping Your Garden

How To Use Biennials & Perennials In Landscaping Your Garden by: Paul Curran Biennials: Biennials are generally very beautiful plants, with most attractive flowers. They are somewhat more trouble for the gardener, since they keep growing during...

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