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Gardening Tip of the Day
Keep a watch out for tent caterpillars. Their webbed, tent-like nests are often visible on tree branches just beginning to leaf out. The best way to handle them is to simply prune out the tents before they get too big by clipping off their supporting twigs. Poke difficult to reach tents with a long stick or tool to expose the young crawlers for birds to dispatch.
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At Fordhook Farm in Doylestown PA, the historical farm of the Burpee Company, we have a diversity of gardens; mature woodlots with understory shade Perennial gardens, full sun Annual and Perennial gardens, Ornamental gardens with sun and shade, Container gardens, and of course, Vegetable gardens in field rows and in raised beds. Read more about Fordhook Farm.
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Gardening Tip of the Day
- Keep a watch out for tent caterpillars. Their webbed, tent-like nests are often visible on tree branches just beginning to leaf out. The best way to handle them is to simply prune out the tents before they get too big by clipping off their supporting twigs. Poke difficult to reach tents with a long stick or tool to expose the young crawlers for birds to dispatch.
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VegetablesSeeds & Plants
Artichoke Arugula Asian Greens Asparagus Beans Beets Broccoli Broccoli Raab Brokali Brussel Sprouts Cabbages Cantaloupe Carrots Cauliflower Celery Chinese Cabbage Collards Corn Corn Salad Cowpeas Cucumbers Eggplants Endive Garlic Gourds Honeydew Horseradish Kale Kohlrabi Leeks Lettuce Melon Seeds Mesclun Microgreens Mushroom Kits Mustard Okra Onions Parsnips Peanuts Peas Peppers Potatoes Pumpkins Radicchio Radish Rhubarb Rutabaga Salad Greens Scallions Shallots Soybean Spinach Sprouting Seed Squash Sweet Potatoes Swiss Chard Tomatilloes Tomatoes Turnips Watermelon Zucchini
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FlowersSeeds & Plants
Abutilon Agastache Ageratum Alyssum Amaranthus Ammi Majus Angelonia Asclepias Aster Baby's Breath Balsam Begonia Bells of Ireland Blue Eyed Daisies Calendula Callibrachoa Canna Celosia Chrysanthemum Cleome Coleus Convolvulus Coreopsis Cornflower Cosmos Cypress Vine Dahlias Daisies Dianthus Dichondra Dusty Miller Euphorbia Four O'Clocks Gaillardia Gazania Geranium Gerbera Gladiolus Gomphrena Hollyhocks Ice Plants Impatiens Ipomopsis Laurentia Lilies Lisianthus Lobelia Marigolds Millet Mimulus Moonflowers Morning Glories Nasturtium Nemophila Nicotiana Ornamental Kales Pansies Pennisetum Pentas Petunias Phlox Plectranthus Poppy Portulaca Rudbeckia Salpiglosis Salvia Scabiosa Scaevola Snapdragons Statice Stock Strawflowers Summer Bulbs Sunflowers Sweet Peas Thunbergia Tithonia Torenia Tuberose Verbenas Vigna Vincas Vines and Climbers Violas Zinnias
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PerennialsSeeds & Plants
Achillea Agastache Anemone Asclepias Aster Astilbe Astrantia Baby's Breath Butterfly Bush Campanula Carnations Chinese Lanterns Chrysanthemum Columbine Coreopsis Daisies Daylilies Delphinium Dianthus Echinacea Ferns Foliage Foxgloves Gaillardia Geranium Geum Gloriosa Daisies Hedges Helenium Hellebores Heuchera Hibiscus Hollyhock Hostas Hydrangeas Lavender Lilies Lithodora Lobelia Lonicera Lunaria Lupine Lychnis Monarda Mums Painted Daisies Penstemon Perennial Grasses Perennial Vines Phlox Poppy Roses Rudbeckia Salvia Scabiosa Shasta Daisies Silene Solidago Tradescantia Trees Tritoma Verbascum
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HeirloomsSeeds & Plants
Amaranthus Ammi Majus Asparagus Balsam Basil Beans Beet Bells Of Ireland Brussels Sprouts Cantaloupe Carrot Chrysanthemum Cleome Corn Cucumbers Eggplants Kales Lettuces Marigolds Melons Moonflower Morning Glory Mustard Nasturtium Nemophila Peas Peppers Poppies Pumpkins Radish Salvia Spinach Squash Strawberries Sweet Peas Tomatoes Turnips Verbena Viola Watermelons Zinnias
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