Annual Flowering Plants: Seed or Transplants
As with vegetables, there are advantages to setting out some plants as transplants and others from seed. As with vegetables, there are advantages to setting out some plants as transplants and others from seed. Single-potted annual plants or packs ... [... more]
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Master Gardener Garden Calendar
The Garden Calendar contains monthly tips suggesting when to plant, fertilize, prune, and/or mulch in Mississippi. Information about home accents, pest control, lawn diseases and what should be in bloom that particular month may also be ... [... more]
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Annual Flowering Plants: Soil Preparation
Soil preparation is the most crucial step in success with annuals. Roots of annuals have to penetrate soils quickly, anchor plants, and absorb water and nutrients in one season, often under adverse conditions. Soil preparation is the most crucial ... [... more]
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Projects for the Birder's Garden: Over 100 Easy Things ...
 Hands-on Inspiration: This book will delight the Do-It-Yourself types who would rather put something together and attract birds to their backyards than to merely observe them in the wild. It's a sturdy, glossy trade paperback with detailed line-drawings, [... more]
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Home Gardening: Youth
A garden can be a wonderful place for children. Gardens provide opportunities for play, learning, and for having fun. As our society becomes more urbanized and less connected with nature, gardens provide chances for children to learn about ... [... more]
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Home Lawn: Control Weeds
Weed control in a lawn begins with a healthy, vigorous, dense stand of turf. Healthy turf helps control weeds by growing to fill bare areas, shading the soil surface, and shading newly emerged weed seedlings. Without sunlight, many weed seedlings ... [... more]
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Home Gardening: Central Mississippi Garden Calendar
Complete list of all Central Mississippi Garden Calendar newsletters. Donna Hamlin Beliech is the writer of Central Mississippi Garden Calendar monthly. She's a self described "dirty-handed gardener" and avid seed saver. She lives in Brandon [... more]
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North Mississippi Gardening Tips Home Page
Lelia Scott Kelly, Ph.D., writes North Mississippi Gardening Tips monthly and is a Horticulture Specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service. Her office is in the North Mississippi Research & Extension Center, Verona. Links ... [... more]
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Annual Flowering Plants: Quick Reference List for Annuals
List of Annuals listed by best growing methods. Gomphrena (bachelor button) Nicotiana (flowering tobacco) Wishbone Flower (torenia) Amaranth (Joseph's Coat) Basil (purple-leafed and ruffle-leafed) Ornamental Kale (flowering cabbage) Zinnia ... [... more]
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Selected Annual Flowering Plants for Mississippi Gardens
The following is a fast-reference list of some common and favorite annual flowers grown in Mississippi, along with selected characteristics. It is not intended to be a comprehensive guide, which may be found in any good gardening book. There are ... [... more]
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Home Gardening: Annual Flowering Plants
No other group of flowering plants provides as much color as quickly and economically as annuals. No other group of flowering plants provides as much color as quickly and economically as annuals. Annual plants sprout from seed, flower, set seed, ... [... more]
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Annual Flowering Plants: Pest and Disease Control
Choose insect and disease resistant varieties when possible. Keep the garden clean, neat, and weed-free, and be alert for early signs of trouble to reduce the need for pesticides. Choose insect and disease resistant varieties when possible. Keep ... [... more]
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