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How to Grow: Control Birds

Watch this video to learn how to protect and care for berries and fruits from birds with repellents and netting. Learn how to use bird netting to keep birds from eating berries and fruit. Transcript Birds. You know there's nothing worse than growing berries or fruit or even vegetables and then having a flock of birds come in and swoop in and eat all of those like in one day. It actually happened to me with cedar waxwings. They came in and they scooped up all our cherries in one day off the tree. So you want to protect all those crops that...

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How to Grow: Control Weeds Organically

Learn about controlling weeds organically and caring for your vegetable and flower garden. This podcast and video includes information on organic sprays, tools, and the best weeding techniques. For more garden videos, check out the National Gardening Association Transcript Hi I'm Charlie Nardozzi of the National Gardening Association. Today I'd like to talk to you about how to control weeds organically in your lawn, garden, and yard. Weds are just plants growing in the wrong place. Some of them, such as dandelions and lambs quarters, are...

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How to Grow: Controlling Deer

Learn the best ways to control deer and care for your garden. With a combination of fencing and repellent sprays, you can grow your vegetables, flowers, and fruits safely and keep deer at bay.  For more garden videos, check out the National Gardening Association Transcript Hi I'm Charlie Nardozzi of the National Gardening Association. Today I'd like to show you how to control deer in your yard. Deer browsing on your favorite trees, shrubs, perennials and vegetables has become a big problem across the country. As their population increases...

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How to Grow: Designing a Container Garden

Learn to design and care for a container garden including plant selection, best pots, soil and maintenance techniques. Designing a Container Flower Garden Today I want to show you how to design a container flower garden. Containers can be used to create gardens in almost any location whether it be a balcony, deck, patio, on a rooftop or right in the garden. What you need to have is the right pot for the right plant. As long as it is sturdy enough to hold the soil and plants and has drainage holes it can be used as a flower pot. In fact,...

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How to Grow: Divide Perennial Flowers

Learn how to divide and care for your perennial flowers including information on which flowers to divide when and the proper way to divide common perennials such as daylilies and iris. Transcript Hi, I'm Charlie Nardozzi of the National Gardening Association. The seasons winding down in our garden but there are still a few chores that need to be done. One of the things I want to talk to you about today is how to divide perennial flowers. If your perennials are not blossoming like they used to. If they're getting overcrowded or if the...

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PerennialsPodcast Videos

How to Grow: Echinacea

Learn about the varieties and how to grow this popular perennial flower. Listen to Podcast: podcast transcript How to Grow: Echinacea Echinacea purpurea   Other Name Purple coneflower   Sun Requirements full sun, part sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Early summer to late summer in colors such as purple, white, yellow, pink and orange   Mature Height x Spread 1 to 4 feet x 1 to 2 feet   Added Benefits Native, attracts beneficials, drought tolerant, deer resistant   Known for its medicinal benefits, coneflowers also a...

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PerennialsPodcast Videos

How to Grow: Euphorbia

Listen to this podcast on how to grow and care for Euphorbia or spurge perennial flowers. This group of plants is extremely varied. Some are large, cactus-like trees and shrubs, while others are ground covers. Holiday poinsettias and crown of thorns houseplants are included in this group. Some of these succulents can also grow as hardy herbaceous perennials. That's why I'm excited about growing euphorbias. Euphorbias have the unflattering, common name of spurge, which is derived from the old English word “to purge”. It comes from the use...

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How to Grow: Fall Foliage

Every year I delight in the changing colors of the maples, ash, poplar and other deciduous trees. But this year we've had enough moisture that the leaves have held on longer and some bright, sunny days and chilly nights that help stimulate the color change. Deciduous leaves change color when the chlorophyll drains from the leaves revealing the other color pigments that have been covered by the green all summer. While we can't rival Mother Nature in our garden for a fall foliage display, we can augment what she does. There are many native...

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How To Grow: Fall Perennial Flower Care

Learn about caring for your perennial flowers in fall including how to cut back the plants, fertilize, add compost, weed and protect the plants from winter. Transcript Fall is the perfect time of year to clean up and cut back the perennial flower garden. I know you might be tired of doing all those gardening chores but this is an important one. When you cut back and clean up the flower garden you're reducing the amount of insects and diseases you'll have for next year. You reduce the amount of weeds that are around and you'll strengthen...

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