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The Renaissance Garden Guy “Readers, Show Me Your Gardens!!! 2024” Submission Invitation

8 Comments / Gardening and Garden Design / June 23, 2024

The Renaissance Garden Guy “Readers, Show Me Your Gardens!!! 2024” Submission Invitation Welcome to the submission invitation for The Renaissance Garden Guy’s upcoming “Readers, Show Me Your Gardens!!! 2024” feature. This one’s the real deal: it’s the official readers’ gardens 2024 invitation, and it’s got all the info you’ll need to get your garden’s photos

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Artist Nicole Willbur in My Garden: Painting en Plein Air

Artist Nicole Willbur in My Garden: Painting en Plein Air Hosting the artist Nicole Willbur in my garden while she painted en plein air on a sunny late spring day was, for me, an unforgettable experience. Her work is remarkable and her process is fascinating. Watch her watercolor creation bloom and grow while she discusses

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Brown Rose Buds and Flowers: The Cause and the Fix

9 Comments / Gardening and Garden Design / June 9, 2024

Brown Rose Buds and Flowers: The Cause and the Fix Brown rose buds and flowers plaguing your rose bushes and vines? Keep it right here to learn what usually causes it and what you can do to fix it. By John G. Stamos Table of Contents Introduction Greetings, gang. I’ve got a timely one for

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How to Grow and Care for Bush Peonies

10 Comments / Gardening and Garden Design / May 31, 2024

How to Grow and Care for Bush Peonies How to grow and care for bush peonies is the name of the game today here in RGG land, and it’s probably the easiest thing to do in the history of Earth. Seriously. Stick around and see what I mean. By John G. Stamos Table of Contents

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The Luck of the Iris: Caring for the Siberian Iris Colony That Never Stood a Chance

6 Comments / Gardening and Garden Design, Writing and Original Written Works / May 23, 2024

The Luck of the Iris: Caring for the Siberian Iris Colony That Never Stood a Chance Under normal circumstances, caring for a Siberian iris plant and its colony of fellow Siberian irises is a snap. These plants are hardy as hell and extremely forgiving of all sorts of less than ideal growing conditions. My own

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Humane Wildlife Removal and Relocation by Michiana Wildlife Removal & Repair LLC

16 Comments / Garden Construction and Hardscape, Gardening and Garden Design, The Natural World / May 16, 2024

Humane Wildlife Removal and Relocation by Michiana Wildlife Removal & Repair, LLC As much as I love nature, there are times when I think that it can become a little intrusive. When certain agents of the natural world introduce themselves into my own not-so-natural-world, then certain logical steps must, in turn, be taken. Humane wildlife

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The Hostas and More May Tour

6 Comments / Garden Tours, Gardening and Garden Design / May 7, 2024

The Hostas and More May Tour Welcome to Garden Tours and The RGG Hostas and More May Tour. I’ll be your host for another misguided spin around my garden, where the hostas, groundcovers, and more all look great, and I do not. But hey, it ain’t all about me. It’s all about the plants. So

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The RGG’s May Garden Tour 2024

6 Comments / Garden Tours, Gardening and Garden Design / May 6, 2024

The RGG’s May Garden Tour 2024 Welcome to The RGG’s May Garden Tour 2024. Nothing tricky here, gang: just a little over six minutes of garden walkaround video, shot on May 2nd, with not too much of yours truly to be seen. Early May garden growth here in hardiness zone 5B/6A is always exciting, and

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Flowers from Days Gone By

8 Comments / Family and Friends, Gardening and Garden Design, Writing and Original Written Works / April 30, 2024

Flowers from Days Gone By Beginning with the printing of her first seed catalog in 1896, Miss Emma V. White of Minneapolis, Minnesota sold beautiful flower seeds to appreciative gardeners throughout the United States. Her lovingly illustrated catalogs were works of art in and of themselves, and they clearly conveyed to her customers Miss White’s

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Planting Bare Root Roses

15 Comments / Gardening and Garden Design / April 13, 2024

Planting Bare Root Roses Planting bare root roses is a snap. Learn how to do it by following this simple plan, and grow yourself some big, blooming, beautiful bushes. By John G. Stamos Table of Contents Introduction: Planting Bare Root Roses Greetings, all. I’ve got a pretty timely one for you today. Here in the

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