Plants For Deer Country
While there are no plants that are deer proof, there are many that are far less prone to attract deer. They tend to dislike plants which are thorny, poisonous, sticky, or with cottony leaves, or plants that just taste bad. Droughts and other ... [... more]
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Ground Covers For Sunny Exposures
These Plants are Suitable for Growing in Sunny Garden Areas Ground Cover Plants which Grow Well in the Sun [... more]
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Recipes
The best memories come from the good times in life. One of my fondest memories was visits to Grandma's farm in the country at Christmas time. More specifically Grandma's cookie table, always piled high with at least a dozen different goodies. ... [... more]
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Nature Photos
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Ground Covers For Shady Situations
These Ground Cover Plants are Suitable for Growing in Garden areas with limited Sunshine Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs which Grow in Partial Shade Ground Cover Plants which Grow in the Shade Shrubs and Trees which Grow in the Shade [... more]
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Flowering Easter Plants
Easter Lilies prefer a bright window, with fairly cool daytime temperatures of 60-65 degrees F. Night temperatures should be about five degrees cooler. Never place your lily in a draft or where it will be exposed to heat or dry air from ... [... more]
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Raised Planting Beds
If gardening is somewhat of an impossibility because your soil is heavy clay, you may be tempted to create your raised bed solely with imported topsoil. Keep in mind that there are a lot of good, beneficial minerals in the clay, and a wise ... [... more]
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Rock Garden Plants
Once established, these plants require little or no supplemental watering These plants will tolerate some drought, but benefit from periodic watering Needs regular weekly watering, more often in extreme heat Keep constantly moist Woolley Thyme ... [... more]
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Utilizing Botanical Names For Plants
You don't have to learn Latin to grow beautiful plants. However, knowing a little bit about how and why plants are given their names, can be valuable knowledge when you are looking for growing advice or when you are shopping for a plant. Plants ... [... more]
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Animations And Graphics
The Garden Helper is created, written and maintained by Bill Beaurain. The graphic files were collected from a wide variety of sites, with the belief that they are free domain and may be used for personal projects. All gardening information pages ... [... more]
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Perennials For Full Shade
These Perennial Plants are Suitable for Growing in Garden areas which lack Sunshine Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs which Grow in Partial Shade Shrubs and Trees which Grow in the Shade Mysotis palustris s. Dwarf forget-me-not [... more]
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House Plants
Proper lighting and watering are, by far, the most important criteria for the health of your house plant, but temperatures and humidity will drastically affect your plants as well. Generally, tropical plants enjoy a relative humidity of 50%-70% ... [... more]
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