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Doug Green - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Award-winning garden writer with over 25 years in the nursery business. Written seven books, syndicated columnist, experienced radio host and e-publisher answering gardening questions through his websites and blog.
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- Treatable Causes of Dementia
[Health-and-Fitness:Mental-Health] There are many treatable causes of dementia; this is a summary article of some of them. From heavy metal exposure to Vitamin B deficiency, physicians can work with and reverse these brain malfunctions.
- Easter Lilies And the Number One Gardening Question Right Now
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Everybody asks about Easter lilies! Can they go outside; can I plant them in my garden? And to this I reply, "Why not?" Like other bulbs, there are two options if you plant your leftover Easter lily bulbs - either they will live and flower for many years (it is perfectly hardy into zone 4) or they will immediately die. If you don't plant the bulb, it will definitely die. So you have nothing to lose by planting. Here's how you do it.
- Moss on Lawns
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Just about right now, we start to see moss on lawns and the plaintive cry goes up, "How do we stop it?" The first thing to understand is that moss is not going to survive in a healthy lawn. The existence of moss is a symptom that the lawn is not in good shape.
- Three Bulbs for Fall Bloom
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are three flower bulbs for fall bloom - to extend the garden bloom time with a minimum of care.
- How to Plant Evergreens in the Fall
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are the two things you need to know to successfully plant evergreens in the fall
- Buying Flower Bulbs in the Fall
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are the things you need to know about buying bulbs and an evaluation of three sources of flower bulbs.
- Designing Bulb Gardens
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are some design tips to make your bulb garden look better.
- Growing Dahlias Successfully
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are the planting and storing tips to ensure success with Dahlia tubers
- Flower Garden Ideas
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here's how this award winning garden author gets his flower garden ideas
- Three Excellent But Little Known Bulbs
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are three interesting flower bulbs for containers or difficult garden spots that bloom profusely. This article gives the tricks for growing each.
- Growing Lotus Successfully
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are the basics of planting and growing lotus in the water garden.
- Drying Herbs
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Basic how-to article on drying herbs
- Keeping Houseplants Alive During Summer Vacation Droughts
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Keeping houseplants alive when you take a summer vacation is a no-brainer using these two techniques.
- Three Tips for a Better and Cheaper Lawn
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Three practical tips for a better lawn and saving money at the same time.
- Unusual Daffodil Stories
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are several unusual stories about daffodils and their legends...
- Pond Liners - Which One to Use?
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are the three main kinds of water garden liners with a quick evaluation of each. And what makes one fish safe and another is a death trap.
- Japanese Beetles in the Roses
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are a few tips on controlling Japanese Beetles in Roses including where NOT to put lures and traps.
- A Portable Perennial Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Got no space? Moving? Here's how to create a great looking perennial garden that's also portable.
- 3 Easy Tips for Successful Container Gardening
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are 3 easy things to do that guarantee success with container gardening no matter the plant.
- Put Your Lawn On a Diet
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here's how to feed your lawn to reduce pests while still enjoying a lush green lawn. This is an easy to read summary of several university research experiments.
- New Garden Phlox
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are some of the new garden phlox and how to grow them to eliminate diseases in this popular plant family.
- Easy Pond Algae Control the Ecologically Safe Way
[Recreation-and-Sports:Fish-Ponds] Here are two thumb rules that will stop most algae in its tracks. There's no magic or chemicals, simply solving a basic pond water imbalance.
- Easy Rose Planting
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are the things you need to know about getting your rose off to a fast start by an award winning author who has written two rose books.
- Coneflower or Echinacea - the Best Thing in Your Bed
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Echinacea or coneflower is the best thing in your flower bed this spring and here's some of the newest varieties to search for.
- Kill 'em or Cure 'em : Moving Houseplants Outside for the Summer
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] You can kill a houseplant or cure it by putting it outdoors for the summer. Here's the proper way to go about moving your houseplant pets.
- Basil - the Queen of Herbs
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here's a few little known facts about basil and the way to easily grow it.
- Getting Tulips to Bloom for Two Months in Your Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here's how to get two months of bloom from your tulip garden
- The Perfect Fern for Shady Gardens
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] This 2004 Award winning plant from the Perennial Plant Association might be the perfect plant for shady gardens. Japanese Painted Fern has wonderful, season-long foliage and comes in a variety of colors to make a hit in any garden.
- Whack 'Em Back - Getting More Flowers by Pruning
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here's how to get more flowers by cutting back new growth. Nothing fancy but a good solid garden tip based on how plants really grow.
- Edible Flowers
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are two of the easiest edible flowers and one can even be color co-ordinated to match wedding gowns.
- February Plants are Going to Pot
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Now is the time to put your plants to pot - a bigger pot that is. One that is one size larger in fact. Here's the details.
- Vegetable Container Gardening
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here's three tips on being successful growing vegetables in containers. Containers, soils and feeding tips from a pro.
- The Perfect Beginner Perennial Flower
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here's the toughest perennial plant for almost all gardens and it now comes in varieties that bloom almost all summer.
- Tricky Seed Sowing Techniques
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here's some quick tips for easy sowing and germination of two tricky seeds
- Give Your Plants the Finger
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here's the quickest and fastest way to keep your indoor plants and seedlings properly watered and alive this spring.
- Reblooming Poinsettia
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here's what to do with poinsettia after Christmas and how to get them to come into bloom again.
- How to Kill Poinsettia
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here's the secret tips for killing poinsettia plants - bah humbug.
- Amaryllis Secrets
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here's a small tip that will make growing an amaryllis more successful.
- Discover the Single Most Important Trick to Overwintering Pond Fish
[Recreation-and-Sports:Fish-Ponds] Here's a simple tip to help fish survive the winter.
- Compost YES, Epsom Salts NO
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Add compost to quickly improve your soils. Epsom salts often recommended for tomatoes are only of use if your soil is poor...
- Don't Roll that Lawn
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Rolling the lawn is bad for your grass; it compacts the soil and compacted soil is bad for grass roots...
- My Spring Bulbs Won't Bloom - Why?
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] You can hear the wailing from here, "Why aren't my bulbs blooming?" Here's why and here's the solution.
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