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Summer Centerpieces

Impress your guests with one of our fresh ideas for outdoor centerpieces.
60 Great Ideas for the Garden

Dress up your garden with colorful blooms, charming pots, and more.
Tomato Recipes

Because they're easy to grow, tomatoes are the most common backyard garden crop. There are...
Rose Bouquets

Symbolizing love, life, and fertility, flowers have been an integral part of weddings for almost...
Hanging Bird Basin

Originally sold as washbasin sets with pitchers, durable ironstone basins can be purchased at...
From My Home to Yours: Seed Starting

Martha's tips for starting seedlings.
Spring Bulb Arrangement

With petite flowers dangling from high-reaching stems, Nectaroscordum siculum stretches out like a...
A-Frames

This structure lets you grow more than one variety of tomato side by side, but its compact...
Strawberries

Soft, delicate strawberries don't travel well, so they are usually shipped unripe, which means...
Growing Colorful Cosmos

There is something comforting in a $1.49 plastic six-pack of cosmos seedlings or a paper packet...
Planting Lilies

Finding the perfect lily for your garden can be a problem. There are close to a hundred species...
Caring for the Midsummer Vegetable Garden

After the planting, seed sowing, and continuous watering and weeding of your vegetable garden,...
Tomatoes

All tomatoes fall into one of two categories: Indeterminate plants bear fruit continuously up...
Cucumbers

A cucumber plant makes an excellent introduction to vegetable gardening for children, and the...
Summer Bulbs

Like their spring-blooming counterparts, summer-flowering bulbs (as well as corms and tubers)...
Hydrangea Arrangement

By late summer, these hardy shrubs are bursting in riotous colors and textures. In this arrangement...
Herbs

Even those with limited space can grow herbs. They are easy to cultivate and make great...
Twine-Star Supports

A terra-cotta pot paired with these supports is ideal for determinate tomatoes, which don't grow...
Outdoor Living 2008

Each of these ideas is devoted to making the time you spend outdoors even more enjoyable, whether...
Summer Arrangement with Chris

Summer blooms offer a perfect opportunity for informal arrangements -- an effect that appears...