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Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation

Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of fungi and typically grow above the ground. Below the ground are hyphae which act like roots, transporting nutrients. The hyphae form thread-like networks called…

What Plant Labels Are Really Telling You

If you’ve ever purchased something that looked great at the garden center but never thrived or even died once you got it home, you are not alone. It can be tough to understand what conditions some…

Dianthus plugs laying in a tray about to be planted

Hardy Annuals Aren't Hard

While fall marks the end of the gardening season for some, for others it’s the start. In our area, many spring blooming annuals are actually started in the fall. The natural gardening instinct to…

A small rock garden featuring various alpine and drought-tolerant plants, set on a bed of gravel and framed by a brick border.

Creating Your Own Themed Gardens

When designing a garden, the possibilities are endless. This can often be a barrier to getting started on your next garden project. A way to narrow it down is by selecting a theme. Themed gardens are…

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Visit State Public Gardens This Summer!

Summer heat and humidity has hit us hard, but school is out and vacations have begun, so it’s time to scan the horizon for cheap, fun ways to spend the long days, preferably away from phones and…

Fertilizer Basics

Plants require seventeen essential nutrients to grow and thrive. Three of these- carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen- are absorbed from the air and water. The remaining fourteen are obtained from the soil,…

Bright orange mushroom showing gills growing among pine needles and a pine cone

Mushrooms in Your Yard: Friend or Foe

With the temperature warming up, you may start to see things growing that you didn’t plant. Mushrooms tend to pop up following rain events on warm days. Just as apples are the fruit of an apple tree,…

Tips for Watering Your Lawn and Garden

Water is our most important natural resource and with hot summer months that bring dry conditions, it’s more important than ever to practice water conservation. Fortunately, there are simple,…

Fire Season Is on the Horizon

Recently the news was full of the devastating wildfires wreaking havoc around Los Angeles, California. With several fires active in the area, over 57,000 acres were burned, and thousands of homes and…

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Food is the most common solid waste sent to the landfill in the US. In 2018 it made up 24.1% of the total municipal solid waste. In addition, yard trimmings make up 7.2%, paper makes up 11.8%, and…