http://www.karensgardentips.com Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:19:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.karensgardentips.com/growing-garden-plants/deadheading/how-and-what-to-deadhead-to-prolong-bloom/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/growing-garden-plants/deadheading/how-and-what-to-deadhead-to-prolong-bloom/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:43:30 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=6624 Read 'How and What to Deadhead to Prolong Bloom' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Many gardeners find deadhead a boring, mundane job but I always like it. It gives me the opportunity to enjoy plant plants close up, touch them, smell them, and inspect them for diseases or pests. If I do a little everyday, the job is [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/growing-garden-plants/deadheading/how-and-what-to-deadhead-to-prolong-bloom/feed/ 4 http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/rose-garden/how-to-prepare-the-rose-garden-for-winter/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/rose-garden/how-to-prepare-the-rose-garden-for-winter/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:03:56 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=3113 Read 'How to Prepare the Rose Garden for Winter' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Autumn in my rose garden is a beautiful time. The sunny days and cool, longer nights give the blooms more time to grow and develop so the flowers are larger and the colors are more intense. This is a time to enjoy the rose [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/rose-garden/how-to-prepare-the-rose-garden-for-winter/feed/ 2