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Use this free Halloween pumpkin pattern for your carving needs at Halloween. Pumpkin patterns can be used like stencils.

Fertilize the hedge to encourage further growth. I fertilized my hedge with compost.

Use this pumpkin face as a stencil for Halloween crafts. This pumpkin face shows a contented jack o lantern.

Discussion of 2 options for snow removal: heated driveways and hiring snow plows. How to pick up some cheap snow plowing rates.

Frequently asked questions regarding garden mulches, especially leaves. Garden mulches discussed from the beginning gardener's perspective, including shredding leaves.

For lawns in shady areas, you need shade-tolerant grasses. In the South, St. Augustine is used as a shade-tolerant grass, while for Northern lawns, fescues work well in shady areas.

One of the tasks of winter lawn care is to rake leaves in fall. Although performed in fall, it's considered 'winter lawn care,' too, being a preventive measure against having grass suffocate under all those leaves when the snows come.

Halloween crafts supplement your yard decor, which can include as a focal point a scarecrow, pumpkins and cornstalks. Gourd jack-o'-lanterns, gourd grapevine wreaths and bittersweet wreaths are some of the Halloween crafts to consider.

How to grow and carve hardshell gourds to make Halloween jackolanterns or birdhouses. Hardshell gourds, unlike pumpkins, will not rot. A delight for birdwatchers, arts and crafts enthusiasts!

Glossary for terms used in landscape design and other aspects of landscaping. Includes word definitions of botanical and horticultural terms, carpentry and masonry word definitions, as well as word definitions pertaining to the art of landscape design and the plants used therein.

Landscape planning involves wise plant selection, among other things. My landscape planning course provides examples of plant choices for shady, sunny, and wet spots in the yard.

This landscape plant guide based on questions submitted by readers reveals facts that will be helpful on a number of issues. Use it as a landscape plant guide for matters ranging from lawn care to tree and selection for problem areas.

What is heavenly bamboo? 'Nandina' shrubs is a more accurate designation than 'heavenly bamboo,' specifically Nandina domestica.

Picture of butterfly weed. An orange-colored perennial (as this photo shows), butterfly weed lives up to its name.

"Herringbone" is the name of a pattern, used, for instance, in brick laying. Herringbone stamped concrete patterns can mimic such brick designs.

Adonis plants are well-suited to rock gardens, because these flowers crave good drainage. Adonis plants can bear yellow or red flowers.

What are Halloween pics without witches. This Halloween picture shows a witch made out of a trash bag.

Definition of conifer. Literally 'cone-bearers,' conifers are distinguished from other trees by their method of reproduction.

Some spring bloomers double as "fall shrubs" -- bushes whose leaves lend outstanding autumn color to the yard. This article gives examples of fall shrubs for those seeking autumn color beyond what trees can provide.

Picture of calendula plants ('pot marigolds') with light orange flowers. Calendula plants have medicinal as well as ornamental value.