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Winter Gardening 83 Stories
Gardening Guides
Get a Head Start on Planning Your Garden, Even if It’s Snowing
By Marianne Lipanovich
Reviewing what you grew last year now will pay off when it’s time to head outside
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Gardening Guides
Yes, You Can Enjoy Your Yard in December! Here's How
By Sheila Schmitz
Garden writers around the U.S. share their favorite winter garden joys. See what to do in your region this month
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Gardening Guides
New Year, New Landscape — What to Do in Your January Garden
By Annie Thornton
Whether you've resolved to make over your garden or just enjoy it more, these tasks can help
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Gardening Guides
Your Garden Is Stirring — Here’s What to Do in February
By Susan Haynes
February is a good time to start seeds, shape up shrubs and watch for the earliest blooms. Here’s what to do in your part of the U.S. now
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Cool-Season Crops
Extend Your Growing Season With a Cold Frame in the Garden
By Charlotte Albers
If the sun's shining, it might be time to sow seeds under glass to transplant or harvest
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Container Gardens
7 Container Plantings to Bring Winter Gardens to Life
By Matt Kilburn
Adding instant color but with long-lasting practicality, these plant groupings are bright spots in a slumbering wintertime garden
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Trees
8 Gorgeous Trees for Winter Interest in the Garden
By Matt Kilburn
Intriguing forms and beautiful branches take center stage when color heads back into the wings of the winter landscape
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Landscape Design
How to Help Your Trees Weather a Storm
By Charlotte Albers
Seeing trees safely through winter storms means choosing the right species, siting them carefully and paying attention during the tempests
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Foliage
Great Design Plant: Ornamental Cabbage and Kale
By Jenny Peterson
Yes, you can actually eat them. Or you can just marvel at their striking, unusual foliage during all four seasons in the garden
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Flowers
Pruning Secrets for Exquisite Roses
By Annie Thornton
Encourage gorgeous blooms year after year with this time-tested advice on how to prune your rosebush in winter for health and shape
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Edible Gardens
Planting Time: Get Your Garden Started With Seeds
By Marianne Lipanovich
You can get an early gardening fix — and save money too — by starting seedlings in the warm indoors
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