http://www.douggreensgarden.com/doug-greens-garden-blog.html en-us garden Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:14:56 GMT Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:14:56 GMT douggreensgarden.com http://www.douggreensgarden.com/pole-pruners.html Pole pruners are invaluable for trimming the smaller branches on trees and for cleaning up fruit trees - here's what to look for Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:55:00 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/plantskydd-deer-repellent-review.html There are several ways I could have written this review but I decided, in the end, that brutal honesty was the best course of action here. Sigh... So Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:52:22 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/fiskars-small-snippers.html Fiskars,in my opinion are some of the best.If you take the time to get the right one for the job,you won't be disappointed.My absolutely favorite are the Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:09:29 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/marigold-bonanza-deep-orange.html Over the past 30 years, I've grown just about every Marigold on the market, either for my nursery or for my own pleasure. From the really tall to the Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:36:07 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/begonia-solenia-velvet-red-review.html Last spring, I found a begonia advertised as being able to be grown in full sun. Right! I said to myself, we'll see about that. So I paid way too much Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:12:13 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/lilac-bloomerang-purple-review.html I found Lilac 'Bloomerang Purple' on sale in mid-summer, brought the poor orphan home to install in a bright sunny part of the front garden. The soil Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:49:41 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/free-garden-shed-plans.html Some considerations and two free garden shed plans from older open source designs that still work nicely today Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:54:04 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/purple-moor-grass.html Purple moor grass is one of the smaller ornamental grasses for wet areas where not much else will survive Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:54:03 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/small-garden-ideas.html Three small garden ideas for the perennial flower garden design from garden author Doug Green Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:54:01 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/organic-gardening.html List of organic gardening articles along with questiona and answer forms Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:53:58 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/bleeding-heart-plants.html how to grow bleeding heart plants along with variety recommendations from garden author Doug Green and readers Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:53:57 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/flower-gardening.html The main navigation page for flower gardening articles, tips and hints from author Doug Green and readers Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:53:55 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/greenhouse-vegetable-gardening.html The five main conditions for successful greenhouse vegetable gardening from semi-retired nurseryman Doug Green Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:53:53 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/greenhouse-gardening-tips.html Three important greenhouse gardening tips for how to use and run a home greeenhouse from semi-retired nurseryman Doug Green Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:53:51 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/greenhouse-kits.html Things you should know about greenhouse kits from garden author Doug Green's adventure in buyig his own Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:53:50 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/greenhouse-gardening.html A listing of articles on greenhouse gardening for the home hobby greenhouse with Q&A forms Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:53:47 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/korean-plow-hoe-review.html This Korean plow hoe review (also called a ho-mi or weed-eze or EZ-Digger) is based on my own gardening experiences and opinions and may vary from yours. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:14:17 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/doug-greens-garden-blog.html#Site-Uploading Folks - a quick note - I'm merging two sites so you'll see a bunch of "tool" related posts coming at you in the next few weeks. Mostly reviews and explanations of "stuff". Please have patience with this flood - it will be back to normal soon. Thanks Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:43:49 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/winged-weeder-tool-review.html The Winged Weeder weeding tool is a great example of a Dutch hoe and I've had one of these for many years now. It's shaped like the swept back wings of Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:41:14 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/fiskars-hand-pruners-review.html In reviewing these Fiskars hand pruners, I confess a bit of a bias towards my old set of Felco pruners that I've carried professionally for 30 years and Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:35:27 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/organic-gardening-products.html There's only 11 organic gardening products you need to use from garden author Doug Green Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:43:12 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/honda-rototiller-review.html This review is based on several rentals of the 8hp Honda rototiller with rear tines. I typically tend to work machines fairly hard on rental days (as Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:36:10 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/poulan-chainsaw-review.html I have to start this Poulan chainsaw review by saying this has been a serious learning curve for me with chainsaws. You see, I had an old Pioneer Farmsaw Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:22:21 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/cobrahead-weeder-garden-tool-review.html This cobrahead weeder review is based on my own gardening experiences and opinions and may vary from yours. It is also based on over 30 years of practical Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:33:09 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/troy-bilt-string-trimmer-590ec-review.html In reviewing this Troy bilt string trimmer 590EC (whipper snipper) I would like to make several things clear up front. The first is that MTD (the owner Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:24:43 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/lawn-and-garden-tools.html Reviews of lawn and garden tools from garden author Doug Green and readers Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:24:21 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/garden-weeding-tools.html The three essential garden weeding tools from garden author Doug Green Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:20:08 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/special-tomato-fertilizer.html What about special tomato food or putting some extra food in the hole? Fertilizer is fertilizer. Putting a tomato picture on the box doesn’t make it Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:30:15 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/tomatoes-from-the-compost-pile.html My compost pile sprouts more seeds than I start indoors, can I use them? In a word, technically “yes”. As long as you have enough time to obtain a harvest Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:27:25 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/epsom-salts-and-tomatoes.html I’ve read about using Epsom salts, but you don’t mention it. Why? Epsom salts are simply Magnesium sulfate. If your soil is deficient in magnesium, Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:25:23 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/four-tomato-care-questions.html Here are four tomato care questions you folks asked. And here are my answers. :-) Can I dig up my tomato plant and move it indoors? Or can I grow tomatoes Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:18:48 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/tulip-care.html The three rules of tulip care from garden bulb book author Doug Green Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:02:49 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/tulip-bulbs.html The care and planting of tulip bulbs from garden bulb book author Doug Green Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:02:48 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/flower-garden-bulbs.html The realities of growing flower garden bulbs including how long tulips live from garden author Doug Green Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:02:47 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/amaryllis-bulbs.html How to extend the life of amaryllis bulbs by variety selection and growing techniques from bulb book author Doug Green Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:02:46 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/flower-bulbs.html The main navigation page for gardening articles about flower bulbs from bulb book author Doug Green Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:02:45 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/how-to-water-houseplants-and-garden-plants.html Here's how to water your overwintering houseplants and indeed - how to water your garden flowers as well. It's all in the fingers - no need for fancy Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:29:45 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/avoiding-tall-spindly-plants.html If you want plants that grow well in your area - or heirlooms or anything other than the generic plants sold by the big box stores and most garden centers, Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:21:14 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/quebec-city-gardens.html A brief review of quebec city gardens from garden author Doug Green Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:23:27 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/orchid-lady.html The orchid lady tour in Key West provided some great private gardens and a horticultural masterpiece- here's a video Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:23:26 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/gardens.html Gardens to visit and garden reviews from garden author Doug Green Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:23:24 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/cantigny-gardens.html Cantigny gardens is one of those delightful surprises and an amazing color show combined with plantsmanship Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:23:23 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/butchart-gardens.html A garden review of Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island British Columbia by garden author Doug Green Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:23:22 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/bellingrath.html Bellingrath gardens of Mobile Alabama are one of the most stunning displays of Azaleas in the South - Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:23:21 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/anderson-japanese.html Anderson Japanese Gardens are extremely delightful and well worth the visit. One of the premier gardens in the greater Chicago area Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:23:19 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/gardening-information.html Here's some interesting gardening information from garden author Doug Green and his readers Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:43:26 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/gardening-gifts.html Gardening gifts suggested by garden author Doug Green and his readers Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:43:24 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/garden-health.html articles about your garden health and how to maintain your personal health in the garden from garden author Doug Green and readers Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:43:23 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/free-gardening-ebook.html Here's a free gardening ebook on beginner gardening written by readers of garden author Doug Greens with a place for you to add your own advice Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:43:20 GMT http://www.douggreensgarden.com/environmental-stories.html Here are some environmental stories that relate to gardening - add your own here Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:43:18 GMT