Greetings, Rural Sprout readers,There are crocuses in my backyard, friends! I love Pennsylvania in the springtime. I love it when all the redbuds are blossoming out, and you drive along 322, and it’s just a blur of pink. In a few weeks, my backyard will be a blur of yellow from all
the daffodils. I’m ready! Bring on the color!I took a stroll around the backyard in the sunshine yesterday afternoon just to take a peek at the flower beds and see what was starting to wake up. So far, it’s just my Autumn Joy stonecrop. But I love seeing those tightly furled buds of green.
They’re always nestled beneath the dead leaves, surrounded by the crunchy gray stems of the previous season’s blooms. Amid all the decaying debris is a crop of tiny green buds of hope, promising a new start and a new season.
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If you want gorgeous azaleas covered in blooms every year, then it's important to get these three tasks taken care of every spring.
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As soon as spring rolls around, you'd think I'm running a plant nursery out of my suburban back yard. Surprisingly, I'm not. (I've never sold plants, but did my fair share of plant swaps.) Yet
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We've all seen the AI videos of using egg cartons to plant bulbs, but is this popular social media hack all it's cracked up to be?
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You want the best garden soil possible, and sometimes that means using a little creativity when it comes to sourcing soil amendments. If you've been questioning how to use bone meal in the garden,
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It's hard to imagine picking blueberries when you're busy getting your garden ready in the spring. However, if that's what you want, to be picking blueberries by the bucket later in the summer, now is
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One of my plant-buying pet peeves is when plants come with labels that do more harm than good. Most of the time, it's just confusing or incomplete information. (Such as the blanket labeling of "ornamental
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Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo var. cylindrica) is a popular mainstay in the home garden. And it's no wonder why - sow only one or two plants and you shall receive copious amounts of green, elongated fruit.
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Your home is your nest. The place where you rest and find respite from the crazy world outside your walls. But is it a safe place? We are not referring to location, unpredictable weather conditions
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Aloe is one of those plants just about everyone has around the house. And if you don't have a few, you should. And if you have just one but would like some more, then learn
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Mushroom growing is fun and satisfying, and can be done almost anywhere. Growing mushrooms from plugs on logs tends to take more time than growing them from sawdust, but has the added benefit of growing
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A surprising number of common garden flowers are edible. Here's 30 edible flowers and weeds that may just be hiding in your garden.
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Rabbits might be cute - with their huge ears, soft furry bodies, bunny hops, and wiggly noses - but that adorableness quickly fades once you see the damage they can do to your vegetable crops!
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Once you have sown your seeds, they will soon germinate and begin to grow. But if you have sown them in seed trays, or pots, you will at some point have to prick out seedlings
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