Even pulling dandelions out of the lawn can be fun if you have this great tool. Helen has become addicted to it, and Barbara had to hold her back from dealing with the dandelions in all the gardens on the street!

If you’d like one of these, you can buy it online at Fiskars UpRoot [...]

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We spent some time at Helen’s place, planting some bulbs to be forced and raised indoors for lovely winter colour. The following four videos cover all the phases of planting cold weather bulbs (hyacinths) and tropical bulbs (amaryllis). We hope you will watch the videos and then follow the steps to plant your own bulbs. [...]

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Crabgrass is an annual weed, so it dies at the end of the season — but not before making lots of seeds for next year! In this video, Barbara shows how to deal with crabgrass organically in its pre-emergent stage.

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Helen gets busy raking leaves, mowing and fertlizing the lawn, while Barbara … well, just watch the video!

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Barbara is planning to plant huge numbers of bulbs in her garden this fall, but in this video Helen starts off with just a dozen tulips.

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Barbara, since I’m going to be planting bulbs at my place next Tuesday (with your guidance every step of the way!), please tell me what I need to get in advance. As you know, I’ll be planting hyacinths, which I brought home from Amsterdam airport a couple of months ago. I hope they’ll turn out [...]

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This series shows the whole process of how to cut back, split and transplant a perennial. We are using one of Barbara’s favourite hosta to demonstrate how to do it. Watch the whole series, and at the end you’ll also see how NOT to do it! First, let’s cut back the plant.

OK, now that it’s [...]

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