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Stories By Denise Bertacchi

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Produce By Denise Bertacchi November 3rd, 2022

How To Kill Daylilies

How to Kill Daylilies. The daylily is a hardy perennial plant with an unstoppable tuberous root called a rhizome. Though many gardeners relish the beautiful orange and yellow blooms of the daylily, the plant can turn into a wild nuisance and spread into unwanted areas. Digging up a patch of wild daylilies---or ditch lilies---is back breaking work and may not be enough to kill them completely. Any segment of daylily root left behind can spawn new growth. Killing unwanted daylilies takes patience and a time, but it can be accomplished.
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Trees

Trees By Denise Bertacchi November 3rd, 2022

How To Identify A Tree By Its Fruit

How to Identify a Tree by Its Fruit. Most trees can be identified by the fruit they grow--but not all fruit is the kind you find at a grocery store. Nuts, pine cones and seed pods are all kinds of tree fruit. Many tree fruits are very distinctive, like the oak's acorn, the maple's "helicopter" seeds or the pine's prickly cones. There are many types of fruit that grow on trees, so a good tree classification guidebook will also come in handy when trying to identify an unknown tree.
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Produce By Denise Bertacchi November 3rd, 2022

Clorox As A Weed Killer

Clorox As a Weed Killer. Clorox bleach is an inexpensive weapon in the fight to keep your garden weed free. You might already know that bleach has more uses than making your whites clean, but did you know that Clorox is a weed killer? You can save money by using this common household chemical to kill weeds.
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Produce By Denise Bertacchi November 3rd, 2022

How To Graft Schefflera House Plants

How to Graft Schefflera House Plants. A schefflera, often known as the umbrella tree, is a large green tropical plant popularly used as a decorative plant in homes and offices. However, a schefflera can be difficult to grow from seeds or even cuttings. Another option for propagating a schefflera is by grafting, where a section of the schefflera is attached to a host plant's trunk and root system. This method can also be used to save a damaged plant and isn't as hard as it sounds.
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Flowers

Flowers By Denise Bertacchi September 6th, 2022

Flowers That Can Be Submerged In Water

Flowers That Can Be Submerged in Water. Cut flowers from the garden can be transformed into unique underwater floral arrangements by submerging the blooms in the water. Submerged flower arrangements are easy to make with a clear glass vase of nearly any size. Flowers are trimmed to fit within the vase and can be stacked in a vertical arrangement. Flowers with sturdy, thick petals will hold up better in water than thin delicate flowers.
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Structures

Structures By Denise Bertacchi September 6th, 2022

How To Build Brick Planters

How to Build Brick Planters. Brick planters can be simply and quickly built without the use of mortar. Build the planters around trees, along the edges of the yard or to enhance the front of of the home. Use a standard rectangular brick that matches your brick home to build tidy square planters or round shapes. For larger and more study projects, use a large retaining wall brick--these come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes.
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Flowers

Flowers By Denise Bertacchi September 6th, 2022

Flowers Native To America

Flowers Native to America. Create an all-American flower garden by using only plants that are native to the United States. Many species of flowers are native to this country, allowing a creative gardener to grow a spectacular display of truly homegrown flowers. Native gardens have the extra bonus of being easier to maintain because a native plant has evolved to thrive in its local environment. These flowers are hardier and require less water, which translates into a carefree garden. Gardeners can find even more flowers that are native to America by consulting their local nursery, county extension, or visiting the American Native Plant Society online.
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Produce By Denise Bertacchi September 6th, 2022

Home Remedies For Spiders On Yucca Plants

Home Remedies for Spiders on Yucca Plants. Yucca plants, both indoor and outdoor varieties, are sturdy and resistant to most pests and diseases. But even the most reliable plant can be infected with a very serious pest: the spider mite. Tiny spider mites thrive in the same warm, dry climates that yucca plants prefer. Left untreated, spider mites will destroy a yucca and spread to neighboring plants.
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Produce By Denise Bertacchi September 6th, 2022

Importance Of Water To Plants

Importance of Water to Plants. Every living thing requires water. Plants can use up to its entire body weight in water. If humans were to use the same amount of water, we would need to drink up to 20 gallons of fluid a day.
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Trees

Trees By Denise Bertacchi March 23rd, 2022

How To Identify Tiger Maple Trees

How to Identify Tiger Maple Trees. Tiger maple is not a species of maple tree, but an abnormality in less than 5 percent of common maples that produces a wavy, striped pattern in the grain. These trees are highly valued by wood workers for their unusually patterned grain. Tiger maple wood is also known as curly maple, flame maple and fiddleback maple. The tiger grain pattern can appear in many different species, including red maple, bigleaf and sugar maple trees.
By Denise Bertacchi March 23rd, 2022 Read More