Aesthetic Vegetable Gardens Bloom With Flowers and Fragrance
In New Market Washington state and beyond, vegetables are praised as garden art blending edibles with ornamental appeal. Susan Pennington argues the modern trend treats vegetables as visual focal points, not mere fall harvests, with colorful varieties and paired blooms enhancing beauty and biodiversity.
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Fragrant flowers guide for landscape use and scent strategy
Maureen Glimer, horticulturist and Weekend Gardening host, explains how scented blooms shape outdoor spaces. From patios to gates and window beds, place fragrant shrubs and vines to catch breezes, enhance transitions, and bring indoor scents outdoors.
Freezing Summer Produce Tips From Home Gardener
At least some garden fruits and vegetables yield faster than you eat them. Freeze carefully to preserve flavor. blanch most vegetables for three to five minutes, cool quickly, and dry before freezing. Some produce like tomatoes peppers corn and onions require no blanching. Use lemon juice or vitamin C to prevent browning, pack in freezer bags, and keep below zero temperatures. Fruits last about a year, vegetables about eight months, aligning with next harvest.
Tiny hummingbirds delight yard with feeding and flight facts
A compact overview explains hummingbirds speed wingbeat and directional flight capabilities, feeding patterns every ten minutes, tongue mechanics, and torpor. It notes ruby throat varieties, energy needs, and that George Abraham and family run a Naples New York nursery.
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