Victoria Bailey

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Stories By Victoria Bailey

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    Produce By Victoria Bailey November 4th, 2022

    How To Grow Peaches & Cream Sweet Corn

    How to Grow Peaches & Cream Sweet Corn. If you're looking for a tender and sweet corn for your home garden, Peaches & Cream might be the answer. This variety of sugary-enhanced hybrid corn has a sweet and creamy taste. Peaches & Cream's growing season is about 83 days, keeping it midway between the short season varieties and the longest growing corn. Sugary-enhanced hybrids are designed to keep their sweet flavor longer than standard corn, so you have the ability to store this corn for a short time without losing much of that just-picked sweet flavor.

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    Flowers By Victoria Bailey November 4th, 2022

    How To Grow Beanstalks

    How to Grow Beanstalks. If your children love the story "Jack and the Beanstalk," give them a fun and educational weekend by growing your own beanstalks. Pole beans are among the most foolproof of plants for beginning gardeners. The seeds are large enough for even toddler hands to deal with, and they grow so quickly that children won't get bored waiting for something to happen in the garden. Choose a sunny day after the frost has passed and plant your very own fairy-tale props.

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    Trees By Victoria Bailey November 4th, 2022

    How To Whitewash A Tree

    How to Whitewash a Tree. It might seem overly fussy when you see rows of orchard trees with matching painted trunks, but whitewashing isn't a decorative process. The white paint keeps tree trunks from soaking up too much heat in the winter -- as white reflects the sun's rays -- and helps to **prevent sunscald**. This condition, like a sunburn on a tree trunk, can damage and even kill the wood it affects.

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    Trees By Victoria Bailey November 4th, 2022

    How To Root A Cutting From A Pear Tree

    How to Root a Cutting From a Pear Tree. When you buy a sapling pear tree from a nursery or online catalog, you're gambling that the tree will do well in your local environment. Growers sell trees that do well in the general climate in which you live, but another way to guarantee a tree will do well is to propagate one that's already in your neighborhood. Pear tree cuttings will root easily with minimal work, transforming into an entire collection of baby pear trees in just a matter of months.

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    Flowers
    Flowers By Victoria Bailey November 3rd, 2022

    How To Grow An Upside-Down Tomato

    How to Grow an Upside-Down Tomato . **Hanging planters** aren't just for flowers anymore. Conjure up a picture of container gardening and you'll probably imagine rows of plant pots ranged neatly on a porch or patio. Although this is a solid base for a container garden, savvy gardeners know you can grow more plants if you use all three dimensions in a gardening space. Hanging pots have been around for a long time, but newer upside-down planters can handle larger plants in the same amount of space.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Victoria Bailey November 3rd, 2022

    How To Make Patterns When Cutting Grass

    How to Make Patterns When Cutting Grass. If you've been to a ballpark, you've seen it: grass grown and mowed into perfect stripes or a checkerboard pattern. Grass striping is not as complicated as it seems. The average homeowner can recreate this pattern in his own lawn. With just a little extra time and effort, you can have a ballpark-quality lawn and be the envy of the neighborhood.

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    Produce
    Produce By Victoria Bailey September 6th, 2022

    How To Remove Stuck Garden Hoses

    How to Remove Stuck Garden Hoses. After retrieving the hose out of winter storage, you may discover that your hose ends are seemingly welded together. Dirt and grime can work their way into hose couplings, making it difficult to separate the hose ends. Any bend or dent in the fittings will make the process harder to do, as well. You don't have to throw out two perfectly good hoses just because they are stuck after a long winter. Try a few small tricks and you can be quickly watering your thirsty seeds.

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    Produce By Victoria Bailey September 6th, 2022

    How To Grow Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans

    How to Grow Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans. Kentucky Wonder pole beans are a classic in the garden world. When many think back on their grandparents' gardens, Kentucky Wonder was probably the vining bean that was growing in the back yard. This popular variety of green bean is a vigorous climber, growing 5 to 7 feet. The 7-inch green beans will continue growing throughout the summer, often producing beans well into the autumn.

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    Produce By Victoria Bailey September 6th, 2022

    List Of Flowers That Reseed Themselves

    List of Flowers That Reseed Themselves. Many gardeners enjoy having the same flowers over and over each year in a certain part of their garden. Perennials are a good choice for these gardeners, but some annuals also will fit the bill without any additional work. Many annual flowers reseed themselves each year, providing the gardener new plants each spring and probably extra seeds to share with neighbors and friends.

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    Produce By Victoria Bailey September 6th, 2022

    The Best Vegetables To Grow On A Chain-Link Fence

    The Best Vegetables to Grow on a Chain-Link Fence. Whether you're working in a community garden or using your own yard for your garden, most urban gardeners have to make the best use of the space that they have available. A chain-link fence may look like a boundary or barrier to most people, but to the creative gardener, it's just another surface that will hold her plants. One 12-foot length of chain-link fence can support enough plants to feed an entire family for months.

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    Produce By Victoria Bailey September 6th, 2022

    How To Prepare Carrots & Turnips Ahead Of A Meal

    How to Prepare Carrots & Turnips Ahead of a Meal. A successful gardening season means lots of vegetables in storage for meals in later seasons. When it comes time to serve some of those stored up veggies, carrots and turnips together make an unexpectedly tasty combination. This dish is ideal for guests and celebrations, as most of it can be prepared the day before. Five minutes' preparation before the meal and you have a tasty dish for a cold night.

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    Produce By Victoria Bailey September 6th, 2022

    How To Plant Potatoes In Lower Michigan

    How to Plant Potatoes in Lower Michigan. Potato is a cool-season plant that does best when the soil is between 60 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. If the soil heats up above 80 degrees Fahrenheit, the plants quit producing tubers, so the relatively cooler summer temperatures in lower Michigan are ideal for growing. Far from the farm crop that many people view it, potatoes can be a successful part of any home garden. Grow potatoes in a garden patch or in a container, depending on the amount of land you can commit. No matter how you plant them, start the last week in April or the first week in May for gardens in lower Michigan.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Victoria Bailey January 25th, 2022

    When To Put Down Scott's Turf Builder

    When to Put Down Scott's Turf Builder. Apply Scott's Turf Builder when the grass is damp, such as after a rain or during the morning dew. Turf Builder works best when the temperature is between 65 and 90 degrees. Apply it when the weeds have already sprouted in your lawn, in the spring until the fall. Scott's has separate Turf Builders for each time of year.

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