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Succulents Squared
Succulent Square. Photo by Brian Jacob There are many fun things to do with succulents and a recent trend is to use them as pockets in a wall or planted in a wooden ‘picture’ frame and used either...
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Grow Organic: All or Part
Edible artichokes make outstanding perennials accented with petunias. Call it botanical profiling. It’s gone on since the beginnings of agriculture. Tomatoes, corn and lettuce belong in the organic...
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Getting Started with Growing Edible Herbs
Herb gardening is undeniably a great way for a beginning gardener to enjoy success while reaping delicious culinary benefits. All of the five senses are fully engaged when growing edible herbs. There...
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Start Spreading the News: Recycle Newspaper In the Garden
Preferred newsprint for your garden will have used nontoxic soy-based ink. Layering yesterday’s news onto your garden is a great way to recycle newspaper in the garden while building wonderful soil....
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Raving Beauties: Color Solutions For Shade Gardens
The bright treasures of the shade garden often come from our nation’s most beautiful forests. Beneath the canopies are perennials that evolved to grow and bloom on the forest floor, which botanists...
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Soil Preparation and Protection
In previous articles, I have mentioned the importance of soil preparation before setting out transplants or sowing directly from seed. Prior to planting is the one opportunity to thoroughly prepare the...
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Get That Swanky Rogers Gardens Style At Your House
Nestled into opulent coastal southern California is a nursery where I go to find out what’s hot in the world of container gardening. Decades ago Rogers Gardens was founded on flower-filled hanging...
View ArticleApril 15, 2012: Blair Busenbark Guest On the Paul Parent Garden Club Radio Show
Black Gold’s own Blair Busenbark sat down with Paul Parent, host of the Paul Parent Radio Club, for an interview on Sunday, April 15th, 2012. Click here for a list of stations that carry the Paul...
View ArticleBlack Gold Partners with Gardening in the NW Radio Show
We love partnering with local experts in order to bring you more helpful information about gardening and how to get even more out of our great Black Gold soils and fertilizers! Scott Conner has been...
View ArticleApril 21: Blair Busenbark On CL Fornari’s GardenLine
Saturday, April 21st, Black Gold’s Blair Busenbark interviewed with CL Fornari, The Garden Lady on the Boston/Cape Cod area’s 95.1 FM WXTK. Listen to Blair Busenbark’s interview on GardenLine from...
View ArticleApril 22: Celebrate Earth Day with the Paul Parent Garden Club and Helpful...
Thanks for celebrating Earth Day with Paul Parent on Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, when Dan Jacques, a Technical Specialist for Sun Gro Horticulture, was interviewed on the value and benefits of composting...
View ArticleApr 28, 2012: Blair Busenbark On Plant Talk with John Fech
Saturday, April 28th, 2012, Black Gold’s Blair Busenbark discussed Black Gold OMRI-listed soils & fertilizers and the upcoming Black Gold event at the Omaha Westlake Ace Hardware store on Saturday,...
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Rediscovering Old Roses
The captivating ‘New Dawn’ climbing rose was discovered in 1930, and quickly became a favorite focal point in Southern gardens. Heirloom roses are again gaining in popularity in our 21st century...
View ArticleMay 12, 2012: Blair Busenbark On In The Garden with Andre Viette
Saturday, May 12th, 2012, Black Gold’s own Blair Busenbark discussed Black Gold soils & fertilizers with Andre Viette, on his East Coast radio show In The Garden with Andre Viette! Hope you were...
View ArticleMay 19, 2012: Blair Busenbark on Gardening In The Northwest with Scott Connor
Saturday, May 19th, 2012 – gardening expert and host of AM1090 KPTK’s Gardening In The Northwest, Scott Connor interviewed Black Gold’s own Blair Busenbark on his radio show. We were looking forward to...
View ArticleMay 20, 2012: Blair Busenbark On The Paul Parent Garden Club Radio Show
Paul Parent, host of The Paul Parent Garden Club, struck up another conversation with Black Gold’s own Blair Busenbark on Sunday, May 20th, 2012 at 8:30am EST. The focus of the conversation was on...
View ArticleJune 2, 2012: Mike Darcy and KXL at Bi-Mart in Lincoln City, Oregon
Thank you for joining northwest gardening expert Mike Darcy and KXL at Bi-Mart in Lincoln City, Oregon on Saturday, June 2nd, 2012! There were Black Gold samples, $3 rebates, and other great goodies....
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Cut Bedding Plant Costs with Cuttings
Plant cuttings can turn one plant into five in just two weeks. And some bedding favorites are so easy to root, they are big money savers for those in the know. For instance, I never buy more than a...
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Hazelnut Shells as Garden Pathways
This past week, I have been spreading hazelnut shells on the pathways in my garden. In many parts of the country, there are agricultural crops that produce an agriculture bi-product after processing....
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Let Your Kids Play in the Dirt (It’s Healthy!)
Soil, potting medium or compost, as long as it’s dirty, kids love to play in it. And that’s a good thing. Researchers from Bristol University and University College London discovered that natural...
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