Grizzly Bear Fountain

This unique fountain features a detailed grizzly sitting against a tree trunk. This delightful fountain will look wonderful on that empty wall, while providing the soothing and tranquil benefits of water in motion. You can be assured the Grizzly Bear Fountain will make a delightful and enjoyable outdoor viewing experience for yourself, and all of your garden guests for years to come

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Needle Palm Tree

 

 

Needle Palm is a lively, slow growing shrubby palm that is known for its sharp needle-like leaves. Due to this fact, this palm is commonly referred to as a Porcupine Palm. Deep green leaves provide hardly foliage atop a wide, textured trunk. An evergreen native to America,…

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5 Easy-to-Grow Fall Flowers

You don't have to let your garden die out for the fall! By adding selective plants into your borders, beds, around trees, and in other strategic locations you can extend the beauty at least until the first hard frost, if not a little longer.Following are just five of the best fall flowers, all which happen to be carefree and easy to grow. You can mix them with late-blooming summer flowers. This way, the summer flowers can die away while the show continues with your fall bloomers…

5 Easy-to-Grow Fall Flowers

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Fossil Tree

The amazing Fossil Tree is one of the most ancient trees now alive! Fossils show that it has been growing on Earth for over 10,000,000 years! Beautiful fan-shaped leaves turn a gorgeous golden yellow in fall. The picturesque wide fan-shaped branching habit is a favorite of all those who see it. Best of all, the Fossil tree is absolutely free from infection from any disease or insect pest. As one noted authority has said, "Trees of low maintenance cost like this are few indeed." Very hardy and easy to grow. ORDER NOW! We have a VERY limited supply!
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Worm Composting

Worm composting, also known as vermicomposting, is creating rich compost using worms. Not just any worms should be used for worm composting. Red Wigglers are true composting worms. Worm Compost is a very rich organic substance that is an excellent fertilizer for your garden. A second by product of worm composting is worm compost tea. In a worm composter the worms digest organic matter. The worm castings are the compost but there is also a liquid that will drain to the bottom of the bin. This liquid can be mixed with water to create worm compost tea. The tea can be used in garden beds, planters, and even household plants.

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Rambling Rose Birdbath

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Rambling Rose Birdbath

The Rambling Rose Birdbath features stunning roses climbing the pedestal base, as well as around the rim of the bowl. The intricate roses and leaves climbing the base create an int

Price: $449.99
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Rose, Angel Face

Enjoy out-of-this world color with heavenly fragrance! Angel Face blooms are an exquisite lavender color, edged in an attractive deeper ruby. And the fragrance of this AARS Winner is as appealing as its color. The 4", ruffled-edge blossoms often grow on single stems as well as in clusters, making this floribunda a good rose for use as a cut flower. Compact growing plant blooms abundantly.

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4 Piece Bench Seating Group

Features: -Set includes loveseat, dining arm chair, coffee table and end table. -Bamboo finish. -Cast aluminum / cast iron construction. -1 Year limited warranty. Dimensions: -End Table: 17.5" H x 15" W x 15" D. -Coffee Table: 17.5"...

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Rose, 4th of July

The first climber to win the AARS award in 23 years. Superb vigor and long lasting 4 1/2" blooms. Height: 12-14', Spacing: 3-6'

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Adirondack Ottoman

Add more comfort to your Adirondack Chair with the Adirondack Outdoor Ottoman. The Ottoman is the perfect way to relax after a long day at work or a hot afternoon of yard work. Features: -Without cushion.-Constructed of solid teak.-Distressed: No.-Ang...

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Rose, Patio Tree

Tree Roses have been around for many years, but these delightful Patio Tree Roses are recent innovations, unlike the tall, spindly weak stems of regular Tree Roses, requiring staking, these sturdy, thick 20" stemmed Patio Tree Roses can be planted in tubs (and stored in protected locations in sub-zero winter areas) or planted directly in the ground in mild-winter areas. Take the best two-tone yellow rose of all time (Peace) and the finest red exhibition rose (Chrysler Imperial), put them together and you have the finest combination Patio Tree Rose available.

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DIY Heat Mat Speeds Seed Starting - Vegetable Gardener

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DIY Heat Mat Speeds Seed Starting - Vegetable Gardener

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Chatham Run Double Rocker

Features: -COM: 2.-Cube: 39.-Finish: Choconut.-Chatham Run collection.-Distressed: No.-Arms: Yes.-Rocker: Yes.-Seating Capacity: 2.Dimensions: -42'' H x 45'' W x 36'' D.-Overall Product Weight: 40.

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Plum, Blue Damson Dwf Jumbo 3-4'

3-4' Jumbo Fruit Trees shipped! Delicious heavy bearer. A sweet, purple freestone with yellow flesh. Dwarf grows to 6-8'

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Garden Lantern

Garden Lantern Small, Set of 3, Summer Bright Mix

The Garden Lantern Small is a wonderful accent for your garden setting. These little lanterns will make a love ornament for your patio or deck, adding a lovely pop of color during the day, as well as a beautiful glow in the evening. These lovely lanterns are sure to dress up your setting perfectly!  The Set includes Three Lanterns, one of each of our Summer Bright Mix, as shown.

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Plum, Santa Rosa

One of the most widely grown plums! Delicious red skinned plum is sweet and juicy. Self-fruitful.

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Tiki Bar Set

The AmeriHome Bamboo Tiki Bar Set will add a sense of South Pacific style to your rec room or backyard deck. Get away without going anywhere. Throw great BBQs and entertain your friends. Great for outdoor patios, poolside and backyard use. Bring the p...

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Pest and Disease Control

 

Hi-Yield - Pest Control Concentrate

This 26% cypermethrin is proven indoor and home perimeter insect control that kills on contact and keeps on protecting. It controls cockroaches, crickets, silverfish, centipedes, millipedes, earwigs, sowbugs, spiders, ants, flies, mosquitoes, gnats, small flying moths, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets and bees. Volume: 1 oz. Model: 32001.

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Crocosmia, Mixed

Native of South Africa. Hardier than most spring planted bulbs. Grow 24-26" tall. Bloom July-August. Performs best when planted in full sun and well drained soil. Mixed colors. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, deer resistant, good for cutting.

SKU: 4092 Price: $7.99

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Growing Cucumbers | ThriftyFun

 

Here are some tips for growing cucumbers by the ThriftyFun community.

Plant With Sunflowers

Cucumbers are sweeter when you plant them with sunflowers!

By Mariann

Grow Near An Archway

Plant one near a decorative planted garden archway, the cucumber plant will weave its way up the arch with the ornamental. I had a self seeded pumpkin growing among my rampant climbing rose, it was no problem, shared the fertiliser and water, fruited well and I just pulled the stems out when they were dead.

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Building A Strong Trellis | Deep Roots at Home

 

Building A Strong Trellis

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Jacqueline

Butternut and buttercup squash crawl right to the top and over

Here is how to build a simple arched trellis that will be very strong as well as beautiful. You will leave this trellis in place all year around.

It holds up to high winds – we know because we have had ~60 mph winds several times during tornado-like storms.

Building A Strong Trellis | Deep Roots at Home

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Cucumber Trellis

Discover Companion Planting with this Cucumber Trellis

Cucumbers like it hot. Lettuce likes it cool and shady. But with this trellis, they’re perfect companions! Use this slanted trellis to grow your cucumbers and you’ll enjoy loads of straight, unblemished fruit. Plant lettuce, mesclun or spinach in the shady area beneath to protect it from wilting or bolting. Western red cedar frame and sturdy plastic mesh. 48" square.

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How to exterminate stink bugs

Isopropyl Alcohol = bug spray. In fact, it's the only thing we've found that kills stink bugs without them spraying. We've also sprayed wasps in the air and they were dead when they hit the ground.
You'll need: spray bottle, rubbing alcohol, liquid detergent, water.
Fill the spray bottle with 85% water, add a dash soft soap, fill the remaining 15% with rubbing alcohol. Then Mix and then spray.
Source : Bug Spray

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Guidelines For Growing Vegetables Chart

 

Guidelines For Growing Vegetables Chart

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Cucamelons: they're grape-sized watermelons that taste like cucumbers with a tinge of lime. And they're totally easy to grow!

Gardening 4 Life: Cucamelons: they're grape-sized watermelons that taste like cucumbers with a tinge of lime. And they're totally easy to grow!

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How to reuse pieces of an old garden hose

Here is another small tip how to reuse pieces of an old garden hose to help attach the plastic to the rounded PVC pipes that create the frame work for the hoop house.

How to reuse pieces of an old garden hose

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Garden Fairy Birdfeeder

9Wx8Dx22H inches Available in Fiberglass which is about half the weight of cement and can be outdoors year round.

By mastering the art of casting our home decor and outdoor garden statues, decoration, gargoyles, dragons, angels&

Price: $108.00
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Planting asparagus - top quality vegetables from planting asparagus

 

How to Succeed at Planting Asparagus - With
Just a Little Planning First

Asparagus plants are members of the lily family and the edible parts are the young shoots or `spears` sprouting from the tuberous roots or crowns.

By planting asparagus you will be following in the footsteps of many long-gone civilizations.

Planting asparagus - top quality vegetables from planting asparagus

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The best way to make cobblestone path

A convenient tool for molding professional looking pathways and patio stones quickly and easily. Random design is great for curved paths. Reusable and designed so that they can run a continuous path in any direction, make turns, gradual curves, or fill an area of any configuration to make your own custom design. Pathmate takes only minutes to mix, pour and form each section. Only three tools are needed; the ODJOB mixer, Pathmate mold and a trowel. Just fill the mold, smooth the stone and lift away the mold. Because it builds one section at a time, there is no need to complete the entire project at once.

The best way to make cobblestone path

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Cornmeal - Natural Weed Killer - Bob Vila

 

9 Natural Ways to Kill Weeds (Without Harming Mother Earth)

With numerous kid-, pet- and earth-friendly ways to rid your garden of pesky weeds, here are nine stand-outs to put to the test.

By Jennifer Noonan

DIY GARDENING SUSTAINABILITY

Cornmeal

Did you know that cornmeal is birth control for seeds? Sprinkle it on your garden and it will keep weed seeds from germinating and growing into plants. Of course, cornmeal will keep any seed from germinating, so don’t try this on your vegetable garden until your plants are established and you’ve finished planting seeds...

Cornmeal - Natural Weed Killer - Bob Vila

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Vegetables to Grow In the Fall Vegetable Garden | Veggie Gardener

You may think that gardening for the season is finished once the summer crops begin to wane, but that’s hardly the case.

In fact, your vegetable garden is truly just getting started good.

There are many vegetables that grow well during the fall and even into the winter months in some cases.

If you are interested in keeping some vegetables growing in your vegetable garden after the tomatoes and squash are gone, here are ten great vegetables to grow in fall.

Beets

Beets are an excellent choice for a fall garden. They love cooler temperatures and are hard to “beet” when roasted in the oven….

Vegetables to Grow In the Fall Vegetable Garden | Veggie Gardener

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8 aromatic indoor herbs that purify air naturally

This is a collection of some house plants which help clean the air in the room from pollution, bad smell and lower carbon dioxide naturally.

Some of them repel biting insects, other invite useful wasps that kill the parasites on the other plants.

Most of those plants below will live in perfect coexistence near each other (except the mint, if planted in the same box or pot).

They will also not grow too tall and wide, so you can fill small spaces around your windows and not risk stumbling upon them all the time.

 

Source: Lovelihood @ Flickr

Rosemary

Some use this herb for cooking, other use it as a herbal tea.

As with all plants having needle-like leaves, the rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) is evergreen and

8 aromatic indoor herbs that purify air naturally

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Garden, Summer Rainbow

What a smashing collection of brilliant color! 147 bulbs for one low price. Includes: 3 Yellow Asiatic Lilies 3 Orange Asiatic Lilies 3 White Asiatic Lilies 15 Mexican Shell Flowers 50 Blazing Star Liatris 25 Blue Poppy Anemone 20 Ixia in Mixed Colors 10

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Flowing River Fountain, Flame Finish

Inspired by the beauty and splendor of flowing rivers, the Flowing River Fountain, Flame Finish blends natural and industrial elements together in this unique design. Water continuously pours from the copper spout, spilling out over the three tiers of slate, then trickles down into the bed of polished river rocks that rest in the copper basin. Sit back, relax, and let the soothing sound of water in motion and the beauty of this stunning fountain soothe your spirit and calm your mind.

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Cherry, Weeping Tree

 

Cherry, Weeping Tree

A pink fountain of beauty each spring so delicate and graceful, it could be considered a work of art. This cherry has no graft that can be injured by below zero freezes. Blooms: spring, Shipped: 3-4', Height: 20-30', Spacing: 15-25'.
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Ben Franklin Tree

 

Fragrant blooms and crimson autumn foliage! The Ben Franklin Tree is a spectacular little tree. It grows only 25' tall and will fill a small area with beauty. It is prized for its fragrant blooms and brilliant fall foliage. Very interesting to watch. At first, clusters of pale green buds develop at the tip of each twig. In August, the largest bud swells and satiny petals emerge. As the frilly white petals fold back, handsome orange-gold stamens

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No-Till Gardening

 

Did you know that a garden that requires less tilling could save you a lot of time? It sure can! It can be very beneficial on your end since you'll be relieved from doing much of the backbreaking organic gardening functions. So in preparation for planting an organic garden, with a no-till garden that is, digging and turning over the soil's top layers, and ridding the yard of weeds won't be much of a task anymore. Learn more about no-till gardening …

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Compost Bins

 

Options for Building a Contained Compost Pile:

• Used shipping pallets stood on the long end.
• Cement blocks stacked up about 3 feet high.
• Bales of Hay/straw (eventually they can become part of the pile).
• Wire fencing 3 to 4 feet high Picket fencing (for a more decorative look).
• Purchased or Scrap lumber to build a fence.
• Black trash bags.
• Old 55 gallon drum (cut an opening that will act as a door to make adding easy).

Compost Bins

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Evergreen Ground Cover for Slopes

There many different types of ground cover. Several are evergreen ground covers. Some are deciduous but will grow and fill in rapidly each year.

Purple Wintercreeper is an excellent choice as an evergreen ground cover plant. I say evergreen but the leaves actually turn purple in the winter.

Evergreen Ground Cover for Slopes

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Tiarella - Pink Skyrocket Foam Flower

Pink Rockets Shine in Full Shade Tiarella Pink Skyrocket, Tiarella 'Pink Skyrocket' (PP#13,382), displays pink flowers that look like little rockets blasting off from the marvelously cut and marked foliage! A very easy to grow perennial that combines well with other shade loving plants like Heuchera 'Obsidian'. Pink Skyrocket cut flowers make wonderfully fragrant bouquets! This plant is an excellent choice for edging in moist, shaded areas and it is evergreen in mild winter regions. 'Pink Skyrocket' will do best in full shade and needs average to moist soil. Try planting this popular perennial with Lamium ‘White Nancy’, Hosta ‘Patriot’ or ‘Japanese Painted Fern’ for color contrasts. To create a more neat appearing plant, remove the old foliage before new leaves emerge. The plant clumps can be divided every 2 or 3 years in the spring. It can be planted as a ground cover or mingled with other shade loving plants. Foamflowers are close cousins to the coral bells, with similar sprays of flowers over a low clump of foliage. *Pink Spikes of Flowers *Palmate Green Leaves *Moist and Full Shade

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Heucherella - Golden Zebra

Striking Black, Red, and Gold Heucherella Golden Zebra (Foamy Bells), Heucherella 'Golden Zebra', is a mounded plant that makes a bold statement with its stunning color combination! 'Golden Zebra' has lobed, maple-shaped leaves of bright yellow with dark red centers and it displays a prominent black pattern in the middle of each leaf.   In late spring, it produces small white bell-shaped flowers on wand-like stems. ‘Golden Zebra’ is a foamy bell that attracts hummingbirds and butterflies and will become a standout in any shade garden. Heucherella is easy to grow and has become incredibly popular in landscapes.   Tolerant of heat and humidity, ‘Golden Zebra’ has an outstanding vigor, and planted in partial shade will bring out the best coloration; long bloom time. Attracting butterflies and hummingbirds, but resistant to deer. This foamy bell ‘Golden Zebra’ will surely become a “must have” plant for your borders, ground cover, containers or mass plantings. With its outstanding vigor, color, and growth habit, ‘Golden Zebra’ is great for any perennial garden! *Stunning Red and Gold Foliage *White Flowers *Part Shade to Full Shade

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Coral Bells - Autumn Leaves

  Hardy Perennial with 3-Season Foliage Color Autumn Leaves Coral Bells is a perennial with outstanding three season foliage color. A few of these would look beautiful in your perennial border or work well as edging plants.  Autumn Leaves would also be quite stunning as a container planting. Three shades of red in one plant; Autumn Leaves is like having a different plant each season.  In fact, this variety of Coral Bells has some of the most vibrant color you’ll ever see in a Coral Bell.  The show begins in spring with the delightfully pink-tinged, red colors on the gently lobed leaves.  As the season progress’, a pleasing taupe takes over.  Fall is when Autumn Leaves really lives up to its name as it displays blazing garnet-red color that will demand the notice of every passerby.  As if the brilliant foliage wasn’t enough, your Autumn Leaves will put on a special show mid-summer.  15-inch shoots of fiery red will reach toward the sky and present a sprinkling of tiny pink-hued, white bells for a moment of whimsy amid the glory of early summer. Your Autumn Leaves Coral Bells is easy to care for, and bunnies and deer will leave it alone.  It’s certainly a bright, vibrant plant for your landscape, and one that is sure to meet your expectations year after year. *Bright, changing foliage color*Early summer flowers*Hardy

Price: $58.25

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Crownvetch

Lovely pink/white blooms to beautify slopes and problem areas from June through September. To cover steep slopes, poor soil trouble areas, stream or pond banks where erosion control is needed, there's no better and prettier ground cover to use than House of Wesley's Carefree Beauty Crownvetch. Sub-zero hardy to 40 degrees below, drought resistant, disease and insect free. Lacy, fern-like, deep green foliage compliments the beautiful pink and white blooms that start in June and bloom continually until September each year without replanting. Grows so thick, it chokes out even persistent weeds and requires no mowing or care. Plant 2' apart. Grows 12-24" tall. One plant covers four square feet. Northern grown 1 year old roots.

Price: $3.49

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Rose, Fantasy Pink Ground Cover

Give your landscape a whole new look with our Fantasy Ground Cover Roses. Extremely disease-resistant roses are among the easiest roses to grow. Each Fantasy Ground Cover Rose has wonderful displays of prolific blooms that measure up to 3" across. Produces continuous blooms throughout the summer up through the fall. Plant them in full sun and watch them take off!

Price: $7.99

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Walk on Me Plant

Walk-On-Me Plant is a creeping thyme that grows only 3" tall. (Also called Mother of Thyme). Plant around flagstones or for a decorative, dense-growing ground cover. Walk on it and the whole area will be filled with the aromatic smell of fresh thyme. It grows well in partial shade to full sun and hard-to-plant areas. Spreads rapidly. Has small evergreen leaves and clusters. Plant 6-12" apart. Field grown plants. Deer Resistant and attracts butterflies.

Price: $2.99

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Moss, Irish

Irish Moss forms a lush emerald green carpet of moss-like foliage with delicate white flowers in midsummer. Hardy enough for sunny or shady locations. Flowers bloom on short 2-4" stalks. Irish Moss is just the ground cover you need for rock gardens and planting between stepping stones or pavers. Stays green all year. Plant 12" apart. Evergreen.

Price: $4.99

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