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Heirloom Vegetable Seeds, Cool Season
Heirloom Vegetable Seeds for Summer Crops
Peas Edible Landscape
How To Dig A Vegetable Garden - Soil Science And Preparation
Warm Season Vegetables & Fruits: Edible Landscaping
Growing & Feeding Container Vegetables
Organic Vs. Chemical Gardening Practices
The Quest for the Perfect Tomato
Tomato Primer the basics
Fall Greens for the Edible Landscape
Grow Lettuce
The Tomato Wars heirlooms vs. hybrids
Okra is more than a vegetable
Hill of Beans
Seasonal Edible Planting Layouts for Raised Bed Gardens
HERBS
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Rosemary Darling Of The Kitchen
Herbs Uses, History And Cultivation
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Bay Laurel Essential Oils: Keeping The Immune System Healthy
Basil Essential Oil for Memory & Concentration
Comfrey The Best-Known Healing Herb
Basil The 2003 herb of the year - Cultivation, History, Medicinal Use
Comfrey - A Controversial Herb
Eucalyptus in the Landscape and Cough Drops
German Chamomile: Herbal Tea And Treatments
Eucalyptus Essential Oils: Treatments For Skin Conditions And Respiratory Systems
Geranium, Pelargonium Odoratissimum Essential Oils: A Fresh Rose-Like Scent
German Chamomile Essential Oils: Anti-Inflammatory Properties
Goldenseal, Hydrastis Canadensis L.: A Long And Colorful Folk History Native Plant
Perilla, P. Frutescens: An Interesting And Valuable Addition To The Garden
Goldenseal, Hydrastis Canadensis: In The Herbalist's Medicine Cabinet
Thyme - With Culinary, Medical And Aromatherapy Uses
Yarrow Essential Oils, A Pretty Healer
FOOD Health Organics
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Eat Local
LOCAL food in Mecklenburg
Carolina Produce
Grow Healthy Kids with Gardening
Grow Top 6 Veggies
Okra Southern Food
Sweet Potatoes
Let Us Eat Lettuce
Green Leafy Friends
Canning Basics 101
Snappy Green Beans
Tasty Peas
Gardener Skin Care
Summer Heat Safety
Produce Your Produce Grow Guide
BULBS, Rhizomes
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Coo-Coo for Crocus
Bulbs for Spring Planting, Summer Bloom
Tall Bearded Irises Dig Divide
Bulbs For Fall Planting Spring Bloom In Mecklenburg County And Region
Cool Crinum Beat the Heat
Silly Scilla! in September
Daylily 'Genesta' Tall Blond
NATIVE Plants
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Natives With Winter Interest
Native Plants for All Seasons
Ameliorating Habitat Loss
Native Plants With Spring Interest
Tough Plants for Tough Times
Invasive Exotics
FAVORITE Plants
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Japanese Maple Ferns Black Mondo - A Winning Combination
Spring Woodland Gift
Winning Perennial Plant Combo
How to Stop A Car!
FRUIT
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D - Easy Fruit Growing
PERENNIAL Flowers
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Gardening Basics
Seeds for Winter Sowing
Right Plant Right Place
Black Lenten Rose
Trillium
Amur Adonis
Hosta 'Empress Wu'
Wa-Hoo For Waipahu!
Chrysanthemum
Ranunculus
Ragged Robin
Toadflax Canon J. Went
Spurge Euphorbia
SHRUBS, pruning
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Pruning Boxwoods
Paperbush Edgeworthia
Camellia Primer
Spider Azalea
Garden Borders
LAWNS Groundcover
GARDEN DESIGN
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Rain Gardening
Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Garden
CONIFERS
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White Cedar Cypress
Growing Conifers in the South
Select Pines for Carolinas
Eastern Red Cedar
Yews and Plum Yews
Hemlocks Tsuga
Japanese Cedars
Spruces Picea
TREES, care, resources
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Flowering Apricot
Witch Hazel Hybrids
Redbud Primer
Dogwood Primer
Growing Bamboo
Crape Myrtle 'Violet Filli'
Earth-Friendly Lawn
Managing Lawns Environmentally
Acer palmatum 'Bihou'
SOIL compost
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SOIL in the Piedmont
SOIL pH guide
SOIL Mecklenburg basics
Topsoil the dirt about
Prep SOIL for transplants
Build SOIL fertility
Garden Recycling: Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes . . .
MICROCLIMATES
Heat Wave Garden Tips
Why Should We Care about Biodiversity
Why Biodiversity Is Slipping Away
Plant Hardiness Zones From The USDA (2012 update)
Biological Islands for Cleaner Water Purification through Floating Treatment Wetlands
BUGS & Insects
>
YELLOW JACKETS look out!
SLUGS a beer fest
HORNWORM control
WILDLIFE, Varmints
>
DEER stinky control that works
RABBITS defend your garden
SQUIRRELS what really works
VOLES what will & won't work
MOLES what works
PESKY 'POSSUMS
PESKY RACCOONS
SNAKES gracious Alive!
HOME
About Master Gardener Volunteers
2024 Master Gardener training
Demonstration GARDEN
Request Our Help
Horticulture Help Desk
School/Community Garden Consultation
Speaker
Garden Zone
GARDEN CALENDAR
January winter
February to do list
March timely tips
April 15th last frost
May spring frenzy
June garden tasks
July summer tasks
August hot summer
September gardens
October fall begins
November planting
December gardens
Our Publications
Videos
Consider a Donation
OTHER
Gardening Articles
>
VEGETABLES
>
Heirloom Vegetable Seeds, Cool Season
Heirloom Vegetable Seeds for Summer Crops
Peas Edible Landscape
How To Dig A Vegetable Garden - Soil Science And Preparation
Warm Season Vegetables & Fruits: Edible Landscaping
Growing & Feeding Container Vegetables
Organic Vs. Chemical Gardening Practices
The Quest for the Perfect Tomato
Tomato Primer the basics
Fall Greens for the Edible Landscape
Grow Lettuce
The Tomato Wars heirlooms vs. hybrids
Okra is more than a vegetable
Hill of Beans
Seasonal Edible Planting Layouts for Raised Bed Gardens
HERBS
>
Rosemary Darling Of The Kitchen
Herbs Uses, History And Cultivation
>
Bay Laurel Essential Oils: Keeping The Immune System Healthy
Basil Essential Oil for Memory & Concentration
Comfrey The Best-Known Healing Herb
Basil The 2003 herb of the year - Cultivation, History, Medicinal Use
Comfrey - A Controversial Herb
Eucalyptus in the Landscape and Cough Drops
German Chamomile: Herbal Tea And Treatments
Eucalyptus Essential Oils: Treatments For Skin Conditions And Respiratory Systems
Geranium, Pelargonium Odoratissimum Essential Oils: A Fresh Rose-Like Scent
German Chamomile Essential Oils: Anti-Inflammatory Properties
Goldenseal, Hydrastis Canadensis L.: A Long And Colorful Folk History Native Plant
Perilla, P. Frutescens: An Interesting And Valuable Addition To The Garden
Goldenseal, Hydrastis Canadensis: In The Herbalist's Medicine Cabinet
Thyme - With Culinary, Medical And Aromatherapy Uses
Yarrow Essential Oils, A Pretty Healer
FOOD Health Organics
>
Eat Local
LOCAL food in Mecklenburg
Carolina Produce
Grow Healthy Kids with Gardening
Grow Top 6 Veggies
Okra Southern Food
Sweet Potatoes
Let Us Eat Lettuce
Green Leafy Friends
Canning Basics 101
Snappy Green Beans
Tasty Peas
Gardener Skin Care
Summer Heat Safety
Produce Your Produce Grow Guide
BULBS, Rhizomes
>
Coo-Coo for Crocus
Bulbs for Spring Planting, Summer Bloom
Tall Bearded Irises Dig Divide
Bulbs For Fall Planting Spring Bloom In Mecklenburg County And Region
Cool Crinum Beat the Heat
Silly Scilla! in September
Daylily 'Genesta' Tall Blond
NATIVE Plants
>
Natives With Winter Interest
Native Plants for All Seasons
Ameliorating Habitat Loss
Native Plants With Spring Interest
Tough Plants for Tough Times
Invasive Exotics
FAVORITE Plants
>
Japanese Maple Ferns Black Mondo - A Winning Combination
Spring Woodland Gift
Winning Perennial Plant Combo
How to Stop A Car!
FRUIT
>
D - Easy Fruit Growing
PERENNIAL Flowers
>
Gardening Basics
Seeds for Winter Sowing
Right Plant Right Place
Black Lenten Rose
Trillium
Amur Adonis
Hosta 'Empress Wu'
Wa-Hoo For Waipahu!
Chrysanthemum
Ranunculus
Ragged Robin
Toadflax Canon J. Went
Spurge Euphorbia
SHRUBS, pruning
>
Pruning Boxwoods
Paperbush Edgeworthia
Camellia Primer
Spider Azalea
Garden Borders
LAWNS Groundcover
GARDEN DESIGN
>
Rain Gardening
Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Garden
CONIFERS
>
White Cedar Cypress
Growing Conifers in the South
Select Pines for Carolinas
Eastern Red Cedar
Yews and Plum Yews
Hemlocks Tsuga
Japanese Cedars
Spruces Picea
TREES, care, resources
>
Flowering Apricot
Witch Hazel Hybrids
Redbud Primer
Dogwood Primer
Growing Bamboo
Crape Myrtle 'Violet Filli'
Earth-Friendly Lawn
Managing Lawns Environmentally
Acer palmatum 'Bihou'
SOIL compost
>
SOIL in the Piedmont
SOIL pH guide
SOIL Mecklenburg basics
Topsoil the dirt about
Prep SOIL for transplants
Build SOIL fertility
Garden Recycling: Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes . . .
MICROCLIMATES
Heat Wave Garden Tips
Why Should We Care about Biodiversity
Why Biodiversity Is Slipping Away
Plant Hardiness Zones From The USDA (2012 update)
Biological Islands for Cleaner Water Purification through Floating Treatment Wetlands
BUGS & Insects
>
YELLOW JACKETS look out!
SLUGS a beer fest
HORNWORM control
WILDLIFE, Varmints
>
DEER stinky control that works
RABBITS defend your garden
SQUIRRELS what really works
VOLES what will & won't work
MOLES what works
PESKY 'POSSUMS
PESKY RACCOONS
SNAKES gracious Alive!
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