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Get It Growing: Fertilizers 101, the basics
Plants need many different nutrients to grow normally. They get some of these nutrients from the air and…
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Get It Growing: Gardening with ferns
Ferns offer a dazzling array of foliage textures, structure, and color to a garden. Having adapted over eons…
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Get It Growing: Ask the Master Gardeners
Welcome to the WSU Master Gardener plant clinic. Today’s plant clinic question is: What is all the gray-green…
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Get It Growing: Why ‘heirloom’ seeds?
Heirloom vegetable and fruit varieties have become enormously popular with both home and market gardeners. Before we talk…
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Get It Growing: Witch hazel, the wonder winter flower
Witch hazel, a large deciduous shrub with forked branches and spider-like flowers, provides dazzling foliage in fall and…
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‘Tis the season: Holiday gift plants (Part 2)
Gift plants add beauty and cheer to the holiday season. For some, these plants are reminders of years…
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‘Tis the season: Holiday gift plants (Part 1)
A number of colorful houseplants have long been associated with the holiday season. These plants make great gifts…
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Get It Growing: Grow an African Violet to keep the winter blues away
African violets (genus Saintpaulia) are popular houseplants because of their compact structure and cheery blooms. Native to the…
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Get It Growing: Winding down for winter
Like the garden, this “Get it Growing” column is slowing down for the winter. During the winter months…
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Get It Growing: a garden journal
Who hasn’t planted spring bulbs and enjoyed their bloom only to accidentally dig them up in the fall?…
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Get It Growing: October chores for spring goals
October may be the time to start cleaning the garden, but a good gardener is always planning ahead.