Turn your fall waste into future gold! Clean up your garden and fill up your compost pile!

Article Abstract:

Cleaning up a garden is healthy for plants, shrubs and flowers and provides materials for composting. In addition to collecting garden waste, it is helpful to pulverize the material so that it decomposes more quickly. If cornstalks are placed in the piles vertically, they provide air channels.

Cover Story, Compost

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Not the same old salvia

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Salvia, or sage, comes in more than 750 varieties, but suppliers usually only offer a few. Growing salvia from seed involves germinating first, and this technique is described in detail. This hardy, colorful flower is also an herb and can be used in a variety of recipes.

Varieties, Herb gardening, Salvia

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Bulbs that burst with summer-blooming beauty

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Bulbs to grow include dahlias, canna, lilies, gladiolus, tuberose, acidanthera, and tuberous begonia. Tips on selecting bulbs, growing from seed, planting methods, and care are given.

Growth, Bulbs, Bulbs (Plants)

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