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Stories By Lucinda Gunnin

Trees

Trees By Lucinda Gunnin November 3rd, 2022

How To Grow Apple Trees Indoors

How to Grow Apple Trees Indoors. Two major problems face the gardener who has decided to try growing an apple tree indoors. The first is the physical space required. A full-grown apple tree can easily reach 20 feet in height and diameter. Unless you have a very large indoor space, you will want to grow a dwarf variety. The second problem is lack of pollination, but if you just want the apple tree for aesthetic reasons---and not the fruit---this won't be a problem.
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Produce

Produce By Lucinda Gunnin November 3rd, 2022

How To Cut Back Banana Plants

How to Cut Back Banana Plants. Being traditionally found in more tropical environments, banana plants often experience difficulties when cultivated in areas that are prone to colder temperatures or that suffer from intermittent freezes. The reason for this is the incredibly high moisture content in the stalks of the banana plants. The freezing-thawing cycle often will lead to rot and the subsequent decay and death of your banana plants. To prevent this, it is possible to cut back the banana plants and prepare them for the cold weather.
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Trees

Trees By Lucinda Gunnin November 3rd, 2022

Garden Downspouts & Frogs

Garden Downspouts & Frogs. Creating a decorative appearance on garden and housekeeping necessities can be fun and whimsical. Decorative frogs are a popular option for disguising downspouts. But what happens when the real thing decides that your downspout is a great place to take up residence?
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Lawn Care

Lawn Care By Lucinda Gunnin November 3rd, 2022

How To Kill Roaches In Your Lawn

How to Kill Roaches in Your Lawn. In the southeastern United States, Asian cockroaches and so-called palmetto bugs love to infest your lawn and then migrate into your home as well. While these particular forms of roaches prefer the outdoors, they are not opposed to invading the house. And, nothing spoils the barbecue faster than a lawn covered in roaches.
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Trees

Trees By Lucinda Gunnin November 3rd, 2022

How To Kill Cedar Stumps

How to Kill Cedar Stumps. Cedar trees can be a real hassle to get rid of completely. Even if you cut down the tree, the cedar's root system can still be quite damaging and invasive to anything around it. So, to be truly done with a cedar tree, not only do you have to chop down the tree, but you have to kill the root system as well. While it is possible to kill a cedar stump by a variety of different methods, the fastest and most reliable manner is via the use of a screw jack and a little elbow grease.
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Lawn Care

Lawn Care By Lucinda Gunnin November 3rd, 2022

How To Clean Lawn Mower Blades

How to Clean Lawn Mower Blades. It is important to keep your lawn mower blade clean and in good repair. Doing so will not only leave you with a nicer, more evenly cut lawn, but it will also help in cutting down on the spread of diseases that might negatively impact your grass. When you cut your grass, you leave it susceptible to disease and contagion via the open wounds--and just like with people, open wounds in grass mean a greater chance for bacterial infection. Cleaning the lawn mower blade will significantly reduce this chance.
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Flowers

Flowers By Lucinda Gunnin November 3rd, 2022

How To Care For A Weeping Rose Tree

How to Care for a Weeping Rose Tree. A weeping rose tree, or rose standard, is comprised of several roses grafted together along a central stalk or cane. Rose branches then flow out of the top of the cane and hang down toward the ground. A weeping rose tree is a gorgeous addition to any backyard garden but cannot handle freezing temperatures in the northern parts of the United States. To maintain these beautiful ornamental roses, the gardener must plan for the plant's needs and protect it from the elements. The primary concern is caring for these plants is preventing wind damage in the early spring and preparing the plant for winter as they do extremely poorly in freezing and thawing conditions.
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Produce

Produce By Lucinda Gunnin September 6th, 2022

How To Water Plants With Soft Water

How to Water Plants With Soft Water. Because of the high sodium content and lack of naturally occurring minerals in softened water, your plants may begin to suffer from prolonged exposure. Thankfully, there are some things you can do to minimize the negative effects of soft water and help your plants get the nutrients they need.
By Lucinda Gunnin September 6th, 2022 Read More
Trees

Trees By Lucinda Gunnin September 3rd, 2020

How To Kill An Established Weeping Willow

How to Kill an Established Weeping Willow. For most trees if you want to remove them, it is generally enough to cut down the tree and then pull up the stump. Weeping willows, however, are not most trees. In fact, this tenacious variety of tree can send most people into fits as even the smallest of roots left in the ground can, and often do, sprout into another tree. Thus, it becomes necessary to break this cycle by taking certain steps during the initial removal of the tree to assure that it will be gone for good.
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