Holiday plants are traditional gifts that can be enjoyed long after the Christmas season is over. How do we care for them now?
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This year, when you hollow out that Halloween pumpkin, save the seeds to make a cool and colorful necklace. Here's how: |
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Although saving seeds is easy, not all are saved the same way. Here's a quick seed-saving guide for beginners. |
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Start saving those vegetable seeds! Here's a quick primer on the benefits of seed-saving and how to know when a seed is ripe. |
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If you get frost, it's important to put your garden "to bed." A thorough fall cleanup means a healthy, vital garden next spring! |
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Although most houses these days are not equipped with root cellars, you can probably modify some space in your cellar or garage for storing vegetables. |
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You don't have to be in the jungle or deep forest to be an animal tracker. Tracks are as close as your backyard—or a critter nibbling in your garden! See our animal track pictures below for clues to animal behavior! |
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Would you like to extend your growing season? Our succession gardening chart below shows the last planting dates for second-season crops. |
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Here are some first aid tips for those annoying—and sometimes painful—insect bites and stings from ticks to bee stings to mosquitoes. |
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Make your yard butterfly-friendly to bring color and movement to the landscape while aiding the pollination of flowers, fruit, and vegetable plants. |



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