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• Garden Guides | Garden Guides is the ultimate resource for cultivating your green thumb.

  Garden Guides is the ultimate resource for cultivating your green thumb.

• Garden Guides | How to Use Pavers As Stair Landing

  Homeowners with steep yards often lessen the slope by landscaping with retaining walls and stairs. This gives the yard an appearance of being more level than it really is and adds more usable yard spa...

• Garden Guides | List of Plants & Water Requirements

  The first thing you need to consider when planning your garden is what growing zone you live in. This is based on both the temperature range of your climate and the amount of precipitation. Take a clo...

• Garden Guides | How to Care for a Gardenia Topiary

  A gardenia topiary is usually a gardenia shrub that has been pruned to be a small tree with a clear trunk and a rounded, pleasing top. Maintain this shape with careful pruning.

• Garden Guides | What Are Good Vegetables to Grow on Hillsides?

  Hillside gardening presents many challenges. Rain washes valuable topsoil and nutrients down the slope. Top-heavy vegetables such as tomatoes are likely to topple over. North-facing slopes can be shad...

• Garden Guides | Which is Best: a Pool Deck Sealer or Stain

  Pool decks present a different strategy than a regular deck when considering finishing options. Wood can be left to age to a natural gray without any stain or sealer applied. The deck may be pressure ...