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Foil squirrels and other rodents by planting bad-tasting bulbs

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Foil squirrels and other rodents by planting bad-tasting bulbs

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Good things come in small packages: Layer smaller bulbs for impact

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Good things come in small packages: Layer smaller bulbs for impact

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Perfect timing: Secrets for creating beautiful spring combos

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Perfect timing: Secrets for creating beautiful spring combos

Melody Parker

Harbinger of spring -- or evil? Anemones send mixed messages

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Harbinger of spring -- or evil? Anemones send mixed messages

MELODY PARKER

WATCH NOW: Finally, why tulip displays dwindle after a few springs

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WATCH NOW: Finally, why tulip displays dwindle after a few springs

Melody Parker

Rudbeckia sure sign summer sliding toward fall

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Rudbeckia sure sign summer sliding toward fall

Melody Parker

Tomato blossom end rot result of inconsistent watering

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Tomato blossom end rot result of inconsistent watering

Melody Parker

Weed, feed, and water -- Oh, my! -- those chores can stack up

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Weed, feed, and water -- Oh, my! -- those chores can stack up

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How to buy a new house while selling your old one

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How to buy a new house while selling your old one

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Common home renovation projects with the lowest return on investment

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Common home renovation projects with the lowest return on investment

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How to Buy Your New House While Selling Your Old One

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How to Buy Your New House While Selling Your Old One

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Gold-leaved hostas are bright treasures in shady settings

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Gold-leaved hostas are bright treasures in shady settings

Melody Parker

Coloring inside the lines: Coleus offer remarkable variety, styles

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Coloring inside the lines: Coleus offer remarkable variety, styles

Melody Parker

'Iowa Gardens of the Past': Author explores lost, historic Iowa gardens

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'Iowa Gardens of the Past': Author explores lost, historic Iowa gardens

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Cool blues for your landscape & garden

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Cool blues for your landscape & garden

Melody Parker

Trendy tiny tomatoes

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Trendy tiny tomatoes

Melody Parker

Pots of glory

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Pots of glory

Melody Parker

Tall, big-blooming daylilies just may be the perfect perennial

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Tall, big-blooming daylilies just may be the perfect perennial

Melody Parker

Pick a peck of peppers from patio pots or veggie patch

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Pick a peck of peppers from patio pots or veggie patch

Melody Parker

Let fragrant lilacs stir your soul this spring

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Let fragrant lilacs stir your soul this spring

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'Wave' rave celebrates popular spreading petunia

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'Wave' rave celebrates popular spreading petunia

Melody Parker

If it's spring in Iowa, there must be asparagus

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If it's spring in Iowa, there must be asparagus

Melody Parker

Edible ornamentals double the fun in your garden

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Edible ornamentals double the fun in your garden

Melody Parker

Evocative color comes along more than 'once in a blue moon'

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Evocative color comes along more than 'once in a blue moon'

Melody Parker

Solve awkward landscape problems with right plants

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Solve awkward landscape problems with right plants

Melody Parker

To prune, or not to prune: That's the question for hydrangeas

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To prune, or not to prune: That's the question for hydrangeas

Melody Parker

Interest in home-growing vegetables is being revived

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Interest in home-growing vegetables is being revived

Melody Parker

Good things come in small packages -- especially tiny tomatoes

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Good things come in small packages -- especially tiny tomatoes

Melody Parker

Start kitchen counter mini-bar with flavorful microgreens

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Start kitchen counter mini-bar with flavorful microgreens

Melody Parker

No-flop 'Denim 'n' Lace' Russian sage resents pampering

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No-flop 'Denim 'n' Lace' Russian sage resents pampering

Melody Parker

Fragrant English lavender makes fragrant garden companion

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Fragrant English lavender makes fragrant garden companion

Melody Parker

English lavender varieties for Zone 5 gardens: PHOTOS

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English lavender varieties for Zone 5 gardens: PHOTOS

Straw bale gardening pioneer Joel Karsten shares successful method

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Straw bale gardening pioneer Joel Karsten shares successful method

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New tomato varieties

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New tomato varieties

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Pretty combos

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Pretty combos

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Beginning gardeners may need glossary of basic terms

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Beginning gardeners may need glossary of basic terms

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Irises make fine rose companions -- and hide bare legs on shrubs

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Irises make fine rose companions -- and hide bare legs on shrubs

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