In this episode, Nathan gives you a brief history of cottage gardens, the people who influenced them, and essential elements of a cottage garden to build your own!
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In this week's episode, Nathan discusses plants that you might not see too often because they bloom in the summer when many people don't shop for plants. This first part of a two part series touches on new summer blooming hydrangeas.
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This Independence Day weekend, Nathan helps you gain your freedom from spending money at the plant nursery! You can propagate your own plants with these simple garden activities. Nathan discusses the two main types of plant propagation: sexual and
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This week on New Southern Garden, Nathan opens up the mailbag and answers your questions! Night blooming cereus is first up on the ticket, but it's really a question about potting up houseplants. Then, Nathan answers a question regarding planting a
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This week, Nathan continues his discussion on issues in the vegetable garden and how to prevent and deal with them. He revisits tomatoes and adds a few other favorites to the list! Let's get to growing great vegetables this year!
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Things are growing in the vegetable garden! As our veggie plants mature and begin to produce delicious fruits, pests like insect and disease begin to invade! This week, Nathan talks about some common issues you might experience or help prevent when
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This week, Nathan starts off discussing what's blooming in his landscape. Then, he discusses some classic southern garden plants: gardenias and hydrangeas. Nathan talks about the different blossom styles you can find with gardenias and three great
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This week, Nathan answers your questions! One valued listener has sent us a video question about maintaining ground covers and keeping them out of unwanted areas. Then, Nathan takes a look at a photo of some mushrooms growing in garden mulch and
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This week, Nathan talks about a major plant pest-- the rabbit. Like deer, if rabbits are hungry enough, they will eat just about anything. Nathan talks a bit about important rabbit characteristics that need to be known when trying to fight them off in the landscape. Then,
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This week, Nathan discusses a variety of gardening topics. He begins by sharing what all is going on in his veggie garden and some ideas you can employ in your own! Then he goes in a deeper discussion of rejuvenating gardenias that might have been affected
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This week, Nathan talks about some great plants are blooming in his landscape this week! You might be seeing some plants, particularly gardenias, revealing some yellow foliage. Most folks think that yellowing leaves means the plant is dying, but Nathan says
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Let Nathan help you get ahead of the pests this spring! Usually pests in the garden become a major problem because we fail to take necessary measures in preventing them. This week, Nathan gives you a surefire method to reducing pest issues before they become
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What in the world is "foodscaping?" This week, Nathan gives you his take on landscaping with fruits and veggies. It's easy to grow a landscape that is both beautiful and nutritious by incorporating apples right beside the azaleas! Nathan gives you tips and
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This week, Nathan jumps into one of the perennial garden's most earliest blooming plant: the peony. Nathan gives you a run down of his top tips for peony success in the south then describes nineteen selections, color-by-color, that should be long-lasting
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Everybody likes new things! New cars, new houses, the list goes on and on. But we gardeners love new plants! This week, Nathan talks about new perennial plants from Proven Winners. His list includes, 'Firefly Amethyst' Achillea, 'Firefly Sunshine' Achillea,
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This week, Nathan answers Frank's question about what characteristics to look for while shopping for plants to make an outstanding display in the garden. Nathan starts by listing out what to look for in a healthy plant, but then switches directions and talks about
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Last weekend, we had a terrible freeze! So this week, Nathan discusses what happens to plants that might have already put out new growth or blooms before a late freeze attacks. He talks about some common plants that tend to succumb to late freezes
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With prices of products on the increase and supply on the decrease, it's time we consider how to make our gardens self-sufficient. This week, Nathan gives you seven steps to making sure you can keep growing and growing well even if the zombie apocalypse
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This week, Nathan helps you prioritize your garden spaces and plantings! Sometimes we experience roadblocks such as time, labor, and budget that get in the way of our gardening goals. Nathan has worked with many clients and their landscapes to
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