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How to Grow: Shrub Roses

Rosa spp and hybrids   Other Name landscape roses   Sun Requirements full sun, part sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color All summer in colors such as white, pink, red, yellow, purple, and salmon   Mature Height x Spread 2 to 5 feet x 2 to 5 feet   Added Benefits attracts beneficials   Roses are a huge group of plants and many types of roses grow well in New England. However, some gardeners have shied away from growing varieties due to their reputation for requiring high maintenance, having lots of pests and lacking...

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How to Grow: Slug & Snail Controls

Learn how to control these slimy gastropods in your garden. Learn how to control slugs and care for your vegetable and flower garden. Controls include non toxic, organic baits, traps, and some unusual techniques. Transcript Hi I'm Charlie Nardozzi of the National Gardening Association. Today I'd like to talk to you about controlling slugs and snails in the garden. Slugs and snails are a plague in many gardens across the country especially in the spring and fall but even in the mild winter areas of the Pacific Northwest. These slimy...

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Vegetable Videos

How to Grow: Starting a Vegetable Garden

Learn how to plan, design, care for and lay out a basic vegetable garden using my 5 S's of vegetable gardening: sun, soil, site, size and selection. For more garden videos, check out the National Gardening Association         Watch: Starting a Vegetable Garden Transcript Hi. I'm Charlie Nardozzi of the National Gardening Association. Today I'd like to talk to you about how to set up a vegetable garden. There's nothing better than growing your own vegetables in your yard. It's a safe, effective, healthy way to grow...

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Fruit Videos

How to Grow: Thinning Fruit Trees

Learn how to thin the fruits in your apple, plum, peach, and pear trees so you get a better harvest and care better for the tree. Transcript There's nothing like growing your own fresh fruit. Apples, pears, plums,and peaches right on your own trees are easier to grow than you think. With quick maturing varieties and dwarf varieties it makes it simple. You don't need an orchard or a big yard. All you need is a small space with a lot of sun and these varieties will produce in a couple years. There are some chores you have to do to keep them...

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How to Grow: Tomato Blight Controls

Watch this video to learn about the various types of tomato blights and how to prevent them from killing your tomato plants in summer. Transcript For anyone growing tomatoes in the Northeast, Southeast or in the Midwest you know about tomato blight. Tomato blight is kind of a big term but actually it could be any number of different diseases that attack the foliage of tomato plants. It could be septoria leaf spot, early blight, late blight or even bacterial speck. The signs are very similar for a lot of these. They start out as little...

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Vegetable Videos

How to Grow: Tomato Supports and Growing Tips

Learn about the different types of tomatoes you can grow in your garden. Also, watch the tips on planting tomatoes and using different methods of supporting them including wire cages and stakes. Finally, learn about watering and caring for your crop.   Excerpted from Connecticut Public TV's New England Gardening with Charlie Nardozzi...

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Vegetable Videos

How to Grow: Vegetable Seed Starting

Learn how to start your vegetable seeds indoors and care for them including seed selection, pots, soil, watering and light. 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 starting vegetable seeds indoors for transplanting outdoors into the garden. You don't need a greenhouse like this one to start your own vegetable seeds indoors. You can do it at home and there's lots of advantages to doing that. You can save...

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Trees Videos

How to Grow: Watering New Trees

Watch this video on caring for newly planted trees including information on watering and care. Transcript Water is essential for gardening. No matter where you are in the country, you need to have adequate water for your trees, shrubs, perennials, annual flowers, and veggies to grow their best. Even in the arid places like the Southwest, trees and shrubs that are just planted in the ground need water to survive. The first thing you want to do whenever you're thinking of planting a new tree, shrub, or perennial flower, is to get one adapted...

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Shrubs Trees Videos

How to Grow: Winter Plant Protection

Learn how to protect and care for your plants from winter's wind and cold. Includes information on protecting trees and shrub from mice, voles and deer, protecting evergreens with anti-desiccant sprays and burlap, protecting hydrangeas and roses with covers and mulch. Transcript One of the last chores we do in our garden each year is plant protection. Living in a zone 5 climate we have a lot of cold temperatures, cold winds and, of course, critters. So we need to protect our trees and shrubs for the winter. One of the first things we do is...

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