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2 weeks ago | 
bhg.com | Renee Freemon Mulvihill
Credit: Photo: Ian Adams As you browse the plant selections at your local garden center or nursery, you’ll likely find some small plants (often sold in six-pack containers) and larger plants in 1-gallon-size (or larger) containers. Which is better? The answer depends a lot on what you’re planting and when you’re planting it. Here are the pros and cons of various sizes of plants to consider so you can make the best buy.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Renee Freemon Mulvihill
Growing Healthy Tomatoes Is A Breeze When You Plant Them Near One Fragrant HerbThe tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is one of the most popular most popular fruits or vegetables you can grow from seed in your garden. Since they're …
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3 weeks ago | 
bhg.com | Renee Freemon Mulvihill
Credit: Photo: Ryann Ford While plant shopping is an exciting time for gardeners, it comes with its challenges, namely, what plants to buy and where to buy them. Depending on what you’re buying, you might want to shop at both online plant retailers and local garden centers. Here’s a look at the benefits of each type of retailer and tips about what plants are best to buy from each place. Sandra Mao is the author of Vibrant Harvest.
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1 month ago | 
ffa.org | Renee Freemon Mulvihill
To engage FFA members and advisors as they create or refine their chapter’s Program of Activities (POA), this article is part of a three-part series that recognizes the 2024 National FFA Premier Chapters. This month spotlights Beauregard FFA in Alabama, which received top honors in the Strengthening Agriculture category during the 97th National FFA Convention & Expo.
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1 month ago | 
bhg.com | Renee Freemon Mulvihill
Credit: Kritsada Panichgul As you head out to your local garden center or nursery, the array of flower shapes and colors can sometimes be overwhelming. When deciding which flowers to buy, it helps to know that some flowers are annuals, meaning they will only bloom for one season and will need to be replaced the following year. Other flowers are perennials that will come back year after year.
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1 month ago | 
bhg.com | Renee Freemon Mulvihill |Brandi Fuller
Photo: Better Homes & Gardens The right tools can make your gardening chores easier—and maybe faster, too. There are a variety of gardening tools that can help with digging, weeding, planting, and more. “Every gardener needs a high-quality spade, shovel, rake, hand trowel, pruners, and loppers,” says Tom Hughes, owner of Iowa-based Hughes Nursery and Landscape.
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1 month ago | 
ffa.org | Renee Freemon Mulvihill
Sometimes you don’t follow a straight path to your dreams. When you find what you were meant to do, however, you realize your journey prepared you perfectly for your destination. Jackie Knowles, for example, didn’t expect to end up as an agricultural education teacher and FFA advisor at Southern Lee High School in Sanford, N.C., but there’s nowhere she’d rather be. “I didn’t realize how impactful it would be to become a teacher,” she says.
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2 months ago | 
bhg.com | Renee Freemon Mulvihill
Photo: Carson Downing Wildflowers are plants that happily grow on their own in the wild without human help. Many are native plants, but some are just good self-seeders. They often create a jumble of enticing colors and textures that you can bring to your own yard by planting a wildflower garden of easy-to-grow plants To get started, take a look at these colorful choices and get tips from a gardening expert on choosing the best varieties for your space.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
ffa.org | Renee Freemon Mulvihill
FFA members at the Haleyville Center of Technology in Haleyville, Ala., aren’t just reading about construction — they’re putting their learning into practice by constructing a tiny house in the school’s shop. Through their courses, members can also prepare for and take the Home Builders Association of Alabama’s Residential Construction Skills test, which allows them to graduate with a certification that gives them a leg up on fellow job seekers in the construction industry.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
bhg.com | Renee Freemon Mulvihill
Photo: Better Homes & Gardens Although it was fun to jump into leaf piles when you were a kid, raking up leaves doesn’t seem quite as enjoyable when you’re an adult. Luckily, leaf mulchers can make yard cleanup a lot easier—often without any raking at all thanks to leaf mulchers that double as leaf vacuums—and can help improve your lawn and soil health as well.
