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August Gardening Tips for the Pacific Northwest Region

August gardening tips Pacific Northwest

How much rainfall does the Pacific Northwest get?

What are aphids and how can I get rid of them?

If you are wondering what to do in your yard this month in the Pacific Northwest Region of the country, this article is for you. From landscaping tips to general gardening tips, you can find the answers to the questions above and much more here.

Check out the rest of the article to help create your August gardening to-do list.

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When to Harvest Your Vegetables

When to Harvest

Not sure if those tomatoes are ready to be harvested?

When is the best time to pick squash?

This time of year is the time to enjoy all of the hard work you have put into your garden, it’s time to harvest. Today, for the latest installment of Beginner Gardening Wednesday, we are providing a list of vegetables and when to harvest them.

Beginner Gardening Wednesday is our weekly series where we share information to make gardening fun and easy. One of the most important pieces to growing vegetables is knowing when to harvest. This article aims to arm you with that information.

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June Gardening Tips for the Midwest / Mountain Region

June Gardening Tips for the Midwest / Mountain Region

June Gardening Tips for the Midwest / Mountain Region

What vegetables can I plant this month?

How often should I mow my lawn?

On this beautiful Monday, we will be sharing the answers to the questions above and more with you. Today, we continue our monthly regional gardening series. Every Monday, we publish monthly gardening tips specific a region in the country.

We turn our attention now to the Midwest and Mountain regions of the United States.

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Tasty strawberries

How to Grow Tasty Strawberries in a Pot in 5 Steps

Tasty strawberries

Are you new to gardening?

Have you always dreamed of having your own fresh strawberries?

If you are new to gardening, you might be nervous to try growing strawberries, but you don’t have to be. Today, we are going to share about growing strawberries in pots or containers which is a great way to get started in growing strawberries.

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3 Easy Heat Loving Flowers to Grow This Summer

3 Easy Heat Loving Flowers to Grow This Summer

Black eyed susans

Are you looking for an easy to grow flower that thrives in the heat?

For today’s article, we are looking at 3 different flowers that are heat and drought tolerate. With summer’s temperatures claiming the country, these are the perfect flowers to plant.

Not only are these flowers unaffected by the heat, they are also easy to grow making them a perfect addition to our Beginner Gardening Series. This is our weekly Wednesday series where we share only easy to grow or beginner tips. These Wednesday articles are to help turn any thumb green.

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May Gardening Tips for the Mountain/Midwest Region

May Gardening Tips for the Mountain/Midwest Region

When can I plant warm season flowers?

What fruits and vegetables can I plant in May?

The month of May is here and it is beginning to look a lot more like spring. It is time to finally get to that gardening and lawn “to do” list that we have been putting off. To help us with that to do list, every Monday here at Rootwell Products Inc, we publish gardening tips for specific regions.

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2014 Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen – What you need to know

2014 Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen - What you need to know

Which fruits and vegetables have the highest levels of pesticides?

The EWG has done it again. They have published this year’s list of fruits and vegetables with the highest and lowest levels of pesticides. They have cleverly separated the fruits and vegetables into the Clean Fifteen- the produce with the lowest levels and the Dirty Dozen Plus- the produce with the highest levels.

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How to Grow Peonies

Peonies

Would you like to plant a flower that could live up to 100 years?

Are you looking to try your hand at gardening, but aren’t sure where to start?

For this week’s Beginner Gardening Wednesday easy to grow perennial, we have saved one of the best for last. Today, we are sharing about a perennial that has been known to live close to 100 years. This Wednesday, we are focusing on peonies.

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